1 Thessalonians 2:8
So, 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.
Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
7But we were gentle in the midst of you, as a nurse cherisheth her own infants.
Cross References
Luke 7:2And the servant of a certain centurion, who was very valuable to him, being seized with an illness, was ready to die.
Romans 1:11For I long to see you, that I may impart unto you some spiritual gift, in order that you may be established;
Romans 10:1BRETHREN, the kind wish of my heart indeed, and the prayer which I offer to God for Israel, is for their salvation.
2 Corinthians 6:1WE then as labourers with him, exhort you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain:
2 Corinthians 12:15And I will most cheerfully spend and be spent for your souls, though the more abundantly I love you, the less I am loved.
Philippians 1:8For God is my witness, how earnestly I long after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ.
Matthew Henry on 1 Thessalonians 2:8-13
The Primitive Ministers. ( a. d. 51.) 7 But we were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her children: 8 So being affectionately desirous of you, we were willing to have imparted unto you, not the gospel of God only, but also our own souls, because ye were dear unto us. 9 For ye remember, brethren, our labour and travail: for labouring night and day, because we would not be chargeable unto any of you, we preached unto you the gospel of God. 10 Ye are witnesses, and God also, how holily and justly and… Read the whole commentary →