7but have been gentle in the midst of you, as a nurse would cherish her own children.
7but have been gentle in the midst of you, as a nurse would cherish her own children.
4 but even as we have been approved of God to have the glad tidings entrusted to us, so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, who proves our hearts.
5 For we have not at any time been among you with flattering discourse, even as ye know, nor with a pretext for covetousness, God is witness;
6 nor seeking glory from men, neither from you nor from others, when we might have been a charge as Christ's apostles;
7 but have been gentle in the midst of you, as a nurse would cherish her own children.
8 Thus, yearning over you, we had found our delight in having imparted to you not only the glad tidings of God, but our own lives also, because ye had become beloved of us.
9 For ye remember, brethren, our labour and toil: working night and day, not to be chargeable to any one of you, we have preached to you the glad tidings of God.
2:7But we were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her children:
2:7As apostles of Christ we could have been a burden to you, but we were gentle among you, like a mother caring for her little children.
2:7Whereas we might have been burdensome to you, as the apostles of Christ: but we became little ones in the midst of you, as if a nurse should cherish her children:
2:7But we were gentle in the midst of you, as when a nurse cherisheth her own children:
2:7But we were gentle in the midst of you, as when a nurse cherisheth her own children:
2:7But we were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her children:
2:7But we were gentle among you, like a nursing mother cherishes her own children.
2:7But we became gentle in your midst, as a nurse may cherish her own children,
2:7But we were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherishes her children: