1 Thessalonians 2:7
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7But we 1proved to be 2agentle 3among you, bas a nursing mother 4tenderly cares for her own children.
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
But we were gentle among you, like a nursing mother taking care of her own children.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
Instead, we were like young children among you.
Just as a nursing mother cares for her children,
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
Although we could have been a burden as Christ’s apostles, instead we were gentle among you, as a nurse nurtures her own children.
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NLTNew Living Translation
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.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
Although we could have insisted on our own importance as apostles of Christ, yet we became infants in your midst, like a nursing mother cherishes her own children.
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KJV 1900King James Version
But we were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her children:
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