1 Thessalonians 2:7
On the contrary, we were gentle among you, like a nursing mother caring for her children.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
But we were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her children:
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Genesis 33:13But Jacob replied, “My lord knows that the children are frail, and I must care for sheep and cattle that are nursing their young. If they are driven hard for even a day, all the animals will die.
Isaiah 40:11He tends His flock like a shepherd; He gathers the lambs in His arms and carries them close to His heart. He gently leads the nursing ewes.
Isaiah 66:13As a mother comforts her son, so will I comfort you, and you will be consoled over Jerusalem.”
Matthew 11:29Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
Acts 13:18He endured their conduct for about forty years in the wilderness.
1 Corinthians 9:22To the weak I became like one who is weak, to win the weak. I have become all things to all people so that by all possible means I might 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 →