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1 Thessalonians 2:6-7
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6 We were not looking for praise from people,(A) not from you or anyone else, even though as apostles(B) of Christ we could have asserted our authority.(C) 7 Instead, we were like young children[a] among you.

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

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  1. 1 Thessalonians 2:7 Some manuscripts were gentle
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1 Thessalonians 2:6-7
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6 As for human praise, we have never sought it from you or anyone else.

7 As apostles of Christ we certainly had a right to make some demands of you, but instead we were like children[a] among you. Or we were like a mother feeding and caring for her own children.

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  1. 2:7 Some manuscripts read we were gentle.
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