1 Thessalonians 2:7

but we were gentle in the midst of you, as if a nurse may cherish her children;

1902 William Baxter Godbey NT

In The King James Version

But we were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her children:

In Context

6nor seeking glory from men, nor from you, nor from others, being able to be burdensome, as the apostles of Christ;

8being so desirous of you, that we are anxious not only to give the gospel of God, but our own souls, because you are beloved unto us.

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Cross References

Matthew 11:29Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; because I am meek and lowly in heart: and you shall find rest unto your souls.

Acts 13:18and when he supported them about the time of forty years in the wilderness,

1 Corinthians 9:22To the weak I became as weak, that I may gain the weak. I became all things to all men, that I may indeed 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 →

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