1 Thessalonians 2:7
But we were gentle among you, as a nurse cherishes her children;
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
In The King James Version
But we were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her children:
In Context
Cross References
Matthew 11:29Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am meek and lowly in heart; and ye shall find rest for your souls.
Acts 13:18And about the time of forty years he nourished them[13:18] in the wilderness.
1 Corinthians 9:22To the weak I became as weak, that I might gain the weak. I have become all things to all, that I may by all means save some.
Matthew Henry on 1 Thessalonians 2:2-7
The Primitive Ministers. ( a. d. 51.) 1 For yourselves, brethren, know our entrance in unto you, that it was not in vain: 2 But even after that we had suffered before, and were shamefully entreated, as ye know, at Philippi, we were bold in our God to speak unto you the gospel of God with much contention. 3 For our exhortation was not of deceit, nor of uncleanness, nor in guile: 4 But as we were allowed of God to be put in trust with the gospel, even so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, which trieth our… Read the whole commentary →