1 Thessalonians 2:7

But we were gentle in the midst of you, as a nurse cherisheth her own infants.

Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament

In The King James Version

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

In Context

6not seeking glory from men, neither from you, nor from others, though we might have been burdensome, as apostles of Christ.

8So, tenderly affected towards you, we could with pleasure have imparted to you not the gospel of God only, but our own lives also, because ye were beloved by us.

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Cross References

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

Acts 13:18And about the space of forty years he bore with their behaviour in the wilderness.

1 Corinthians 9:22I became to the weak as weak, that I might gain the weak; I became all things to all men, that by every 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 →

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