⁶nor seeking glory from people, neither from you nor from others. ⁷Although we could have insisted on our own importance^b^* as apostles of Christ, yet we became infants in your midst, like a nursing mother cherishes her own children.

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Footnotes

bLiterally “being able to be with a claim of importance”
*Here the participle (“being able”) is understood as concessive

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Nor did we seek glory from people, whether from you or from others, though we could have made demands as apostles of Christ. But we were gentle among you, like a nursing mother taking care of her own children.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

We were not looking for praise from people, not from you or anyone else, even though as apostles of Christ we could have asserted our authority. Instead, we were like young children among you.

Just as a nursing mother cares for her children,

CSBChristian Standard Bible

and we didn’t seek glory from people, either from you or from others. Although we could have been a burden as Christ’s apostles, instead we were gentle among you, as a nurse nurtures her own children.

NLTNew Living Translation

As for human praise, we have never sought it from you or anyone else.

As apostles of Christ we certainly had a right to make some demands of you, but instead we were like children among you. Or we were like a mother feeding and caring for her own children.

KJV 1900King James Version

Nor of men sought we glory, neither of you, nor yet of others, when we might have been burdensome, as the apostles of Christ. But we were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her children:

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