But (A)we were gentle among you, just as a nursing mother cherishes her own children.

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But we behaved gently when we were among you, like a devoted mother tenderly caring for her own children.

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Instead, we were like young children[a] among you.

Just as a nursing mother cares for her children,(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Thessalonians 2:7 Some manuscripts were gentle