1 Thessalonians 2:11

For you know that we acted towards every one of you as a father does towards his own children, encouraging and cheering you,

Weymouth NT (1912)

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

10You yourselves are witnesses--and God is witness--how holy and upright and blameless our dealings with you believers were.

12and imploring you to live lives worthy of fellowship with God who is inviting you to share His own Kingship and 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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