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.
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.
4 On the contrary, we speak as men approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel. We are not trying to please men but God, who tests our hearts.
5 You know we never used flattery, nor did we put on a mask to cover up greed- -God is our witness.
6 We were not looking for praise from men, not from you or anyone else.
7 As 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.
8 We loved you so much that we were delighted to share with you not only the gospel of God but our lives as well, because you had become so dear to us.
9 Surely you remember, brothers, our toil and hardship; we worked night and day in order not to be a burden to anyone while we preached the gospel of God to you.
2:7But we were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her 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 have been gentle in the midst of you, as a nurse would cherish 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: