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NASB | 1 Thessalonians 2:7 But we proved to be gentle among you, as a nursing mother tenderly cares for her own children. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Thessalonians 2:7 But we behaved gently when we were among you, like a devoted mother tenderly caring for her own children. |
Subject: exegetical study |
Bible Note: "1Th 2:7 - we were--Greek, "we were made" by God's grace. gentle--Greek, "mild in bearing with the faults of others" [TITTMANN]; one, too, who is gentle (though firm) in reproving the erroneous opinions of others (2Ti_2:24). Some of the oldest manuscripts read, "we became little children" (compare Mat_18:3-4). Others support the English Version reading, which forms a better antithesis to 1Th_2:6-7, and harmonizes better with what follows; for he would hardly, in the same sentence, compare himself both to the "infants" or "little children," and to "a nurse," or rather, "suckling mother." Gentleness is the fitting characteristic of a nurse. among you--Greek, "in the midst of you," that is, in our intercourse with you being as one of yourselves. nurse--a suckling mother. her--Greek, "her own children" (compare 1Th_2:11). So Gal_4:19." [Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown Commentary] - Nolan |
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