1_thessalonians_2:7
1 Thessalonians 2:7
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ἀλλὰ ἐγενήθημενplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigγίνομαι greek Meaning * To Become * To Come into being * Generate * To Happen * Brought to pass Verb. Different from εἰμί (which means “to be” - a state of existence); γίνομαι, instead, emphasizes coming to be - a transition or event.John 1:14John 1:3Matthew 6:10 ἤπιοι ἐνplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigἐν greek Preposition meaning “in”. μέσῳ ὑμῶν, ὡς ἐὰν τροφὸς θάλπῃ τὰplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ greek The definite article ἑαυτῆς τέκνα, |
| ESV |
But we were gentle among you, like a nursing mother taking care of her own children.
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| NIV |
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.
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| NLT |
As apostles of Christ we certainly had a right to make some demands of you, but instead we were like children among you. Or we were like a mother feeding and caring for her own children.
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| KJV |
But we were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her children:
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