1 Thessalonians 2:7
Instead, we were as gentle among you as a mother comforting her own children. + 2:7 Some other versions read, Instead, we were like babies among you, as when a mother comforts her own children .
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In The King James Version
But we were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her children:
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Cross References
Genesis 33:13Jacob said to him, “My master knows that the children are young, and that the sheep and the cattle are nursing their young. If they are driven hard even one day, all the animals will die.
Isaiah 40:11He will feed his flock like a shepherd, he will gather in his arm the lambs, 1 and carry them close to his heart, 1 and will gently lead the ewes nursing their young. 1
Isaiah 66:13As a mother comforts her child, so I will comfort you, and you will be comforted in Jerusalem.” 1
Matthew 11:29Take my yoke on you and learn from me, for I am meek and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
Acts 13:18For about forty years he put up with them in the wilderness. + 13:18 Some ancient copies read, For about forty years he cared for them in the wilderness .
1 Corinthians 9:22To the weak I became weak, so that I may win the weak. I have become all things to all people, so 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 →