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although we were able to impose our weight as apostles of Christ. Rather, we were gentle[a] among you, as a nursing mother cares for her children.

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  1. 2:7 Gentle: many excellent manuscripts read “infants” (nēpioi), but “gentle” (ēpioi) better suits the context here.

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

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

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  1. 1 Thessalonians 2:7 Some manuscripts were gentle