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1 Thessalonians 2:7
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1 Thessalonians 2:7
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7 But (A)we were gentle among you, just as a nursing mother cherishes her own children.
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1 Thessalonians 2:7
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1 Thessalonians 2:7
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7 Instead, we were like young children[a] among you.
Just as a nursing mother cares for her children,(A)
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- 1 Thessalonians 2:7 Some manuscripts were gentle
1 Thessalonians 2:11
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1 Thessalonians 2:11
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11 as you know how we exhorted, and comforted, and [a]charged every one of you, as a father does his own children,
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- 1 Thessalonians 2:11 NU, M implored
1 Thessalonians 2:11
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1 Thessalonians 2:11
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11 For you know that we dealt with each of you as a father deals with his own children,(A)
Isaiah 66:13
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Isaiah 66:13
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13 As one whom his mother comforts,
So I will (A)comfort you;
And you shall be comforted in Jerusalem.”
Isaiah 66:13
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Isaiah 66:13
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2 Timothy 2:24-25
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2 Timothy 2:24-25
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24 And the Lord’s servant must not be quarrelsome but must be kind to everyone, able to teach, not resentful.(A) 25 Opponents must be gently instructed, in the hope that God will grant them repentance leading them to a knowledge of the truth,(B)
Isaiah 49:23
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Isaiah 49:23
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23 (A)Kings shall be your foster fathers,
And their queens your nursing mothers;
They shall bow down to you with their faces to the earth,
And (B)lick up the dust of your feet.
Then you will know that I am the Lord,
(C)For they shall not be ashamed who wait for Me.”
Isaiah 49:23
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Isaiah 49:23
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James 3:17
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James 3:17
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17 But (A)the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, (B)without partiality (C)and without hypocrisy.
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James 3:17
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James 3:17
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17 But the wisdom that comes from heaven(A) is first of all pure; then peace-loving,(B) considerate, submissive, full of mercy(C) and good fruit, impartial and sincere.(D)
Galatians 5:22-23
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Galatians 5:22-23
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22 But (A)the fruit of the Spirit is (B)love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, (C)goodness, (D)faithfulness, 23 [a]gentleness, self-control. (E)Against such there is no law.
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- Galatians 5:23 meekness
2 Corinthians 10:1
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2 Corinthians 10:1
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The Spiritual War
10 Now (A)I, Paul, myself am pleading with you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ—(B)who in presence am lowly among you, but being absent am bold toward you.
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2 Corinthians 10:1
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2 Corinthians 10:1
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Paul’s Defense of His Ministry
10 By the humility and gentleness(A) of Christ, I appeal to you—I, Paul,(B) who am “timid” when face to face with you, but “bold” toward you when away!
1 Corinthians 9:22
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1 Corinthians 9:22
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22 (A)to the weak I became [a]as weak, that I might win the weak. (B)I have become all things to all men, (C)that I might by all means save some.
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- 1 Corinthians 9:22 NU omits as
1 Corinthians 9:22
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1 Corinthians 9:22
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22 To the weak I became weak, to win the weak.(A) I have become all things to all people(B) so that by all possible means I might save some.(C)
2 Corinthians 13:4
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2 Corinthians 13:4
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4 (A)For though He was crucified in weakness, yet (B)He lives by the power of God. For (C)we also are weak in Him, but we shall live with Him by the power of God toward you.
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2 Corinthians 13:4
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2 Corinthians 13:4
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4 For to be sure, he was crucified in weakness,(A) yet he lives by God’s power.(B) Likewise, we are weak(C) in him, yet by God’s power we will live with him(D) in our dealing with you.
John 21:15-17
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John 21:15-17
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Jesus Restores Peter
15 So when they had eaten breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of [a]Jonah, do you love Me more than these?”
He said to Him, “Yes, Lord; You know that I [b]love You.”
He said to him, (A)“Feed My lambs.”
16 He said to him again a second time, “Simon, son of [c]Jonah, do you love Me?”
He said to Him, “Yes, Lord; You know that I [d]love You.”
(B)He said to him, “Tend My (C)sheep.”
17 He said to him the third time, “Simon, son of [e]Jonah, do you [f]love Me?” Peter was grieved because He said to him the third time, “Do you love Me?”
And he said to Him, “Lord, (D)You know all things; You know that I love You.”
Jesus said to him, “Feed My sheep.
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- John 21:15 NU John
- John 21:15 have affection for
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- John 21:16 have affection for
- John 21:17 NU John
- John 21:17 have affection for
John 21:15-17
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John 21:15-17
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Jesus Reinstates Peter
15 When they had finished eating, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon son of John, do you love me more than these?”
“Yes, Lord,” he said, “you know that I love you.”(A)
Jesus said, “Feed my lambs.”(B)
16 Again Jesus said, “Simon son of John, do you love me?”
He answered, “Yes, Lord, you know that I love you.”
Jesus said, “Take care of my sheep.”(C)
17 The third time he said to him, “Simon son of John, do you love me?”
Peter was hurt because Jesus asked him the third time, “Do you love me?”(D) He said, “Lord, you know all things;(E) you know that I love you.”
Jesus said, “Feed my sheep.(F)
Matthew 11:29-30
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Matthew 11:29-30
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29 Take My yoke upon you (A)and learn from Me, for I am [a]gentle and (B)lowly in heart, (C)and you will find rest for your souls. 30 (D)For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.”
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- Matthew 11:29 meek
Matthew 11:29-30
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Matthew 11:29-30
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29 Take my yoke upon you and learn from me,(A) for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.(B) 30 For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”(C)
Ezekiel 34:14-16
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Ezekiel 34:14-16
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14 (A)I will feed them in good pasture, and their fold shall be on the high mountains of Israel. (B)There they shall lie down in a good fold and feed in rich pasture on the mountains of Israel. 15 I will feed My flock, and I will make them lie down,” says the Lord God. 16 (C)“I will seek what was lost and bring back what was driven away, bind up the broken and strengthen what was sick; but I will destroy (D)the fat and the strong, and feed them (E)in judgment.”
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Ezekiel 34:14-16
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Ezekiel 34:14-16
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14 I will tend them in a good pasture, and the mountain heights of Israel(A) will be their grazing land. There they will lie down in good grazing land, and there they will feed in a rich pasture(B) on the mountains of Israel.(C) 15 I myself will tend my sheep and have them lie down,(D) declares the Sovereign Lord.(E) 16 I will search for the lost and bring back the strays. I will bind up(F) the injured and strengthen the weak,(G) but the sleek and the strong I will destroy.(H) I will shepherd the flock with justice.(I)
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