1 Thessalonians 2:11

as yourselves know, we entreated each one of you, as a father his children, and comforted your hearts:

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

As ye know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as a father doth his children,

In Context

10Ye are witnesses, and God also, how we preached to you the gospel of God, purely, and uprightly, and were blameless towards all them that believe:

12and we charged you, to walk as it becometh God, who hath called you to his kingdom and his glory.

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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 →

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