1 Thessalonians 2:7
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7 But we were (A)gentle[a] among you, (B)like a nursing mother taking care of her own children.
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- 1 Thessalonians 2:7 Some manuscripts infants
1 Thessalonians 2:11
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11 For you know how, (A)like a father with his children,
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Isaiah 66:13
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13 As one whom his mother comforts,
so (A)I will comfort you;
you shall be comforted in Jerusalem.
Isaiah 49:23
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2 Timothy 2:24-25
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24 And (A)the Lord's servant[a] must not be quarrelsome but (B)kind to everyone, (C)able to teach, patiently enduring evil, 25 correcting his opponents (D)with gentleness. God (E)may perhaps grant them repentance (F)leading to a knowledge of the truth,
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- 2 Timothy 2:24 For the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface
2 Corinthians 10:1
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Paul Defends His Ministry
10 (A)I, Paul, myself entreat you, by the (B)meekness and gentleness of Christ—I who am humble when face to face with you, but bold toward you when I am away!—
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1 Corinthians 9:22
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22 (A)To the weak I became weak, that I might win the weak. (B)I have become all things to all people, that (C)by all means I might save some.
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2 Corinthians 13:4
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4 For (A)he was crucified in weakness, but (B)lives by the power of God. For (C)we also are weak in him, but in dealing with you (D)we will live with him by the power of God.
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John 21:15-17
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Jesus and Peter
15 When they had (A)finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, (B)“Simon, (C)son of John, (D)do you love me more than these?” He said to him, “Yes, Lord; you know that I love you.” He said to him, “Feed (E)my lambs.” 16 He said to him a second time, “Simon, son of John, do you love me?” He said to him, “Yes, Lord; you know that I love you.” He said to him, (F)“Tend (G)my sheep.” 17 He said to him the third time, “Simon, son of John, do you love me?” Peter was grieved because he said to him (H)the third time, “Do you love me?” and he said to him, “Lord, (I)you know everything; you know that I love you.” Jesus said to him, “Feed (J)my sheep.
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Matthew 11:29-30
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29 Take my yoke upon you, and (A)learn from me, for I am (B)gentle and lowly in heart, and (C)you will find rest for your souls. 30 For (D)my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”
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Ezekiel 34:14-16
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14 (A)I will feed them with good pasture, and on the mountain heights of Israel shall be their grazing land. (B)There they shall lie down in good grazing land, and on rich pasture they shall feed on the mountains of Israel. 15 (C)I myself will be the shepherd of my sheep, (D)and I myself will make them lie down, declares the Lord God. 16 (E)I will seek the lost, (F)and I will bring back the strayed, and I will bind up the injured, and I will strengthen the weak, and (G)the fat and the strong I will destroy.[a] I will feed them in justice.
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- Ezekiel 34:16 Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate I will watch over
Isaiah 40:11
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11 (A)He will tend his flock like a shepherd;
(B)he will gather the lambs in his arms;
(C)he will carry them in his bosom,
and gently lead those that are with young.
Numbers 11:12
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12 Did I conceive all this people? Did I give them birth, that you should say to me, (A)‘Carry them in your bosom, as a (B)nurse carries a nursing child,’ to the land (C)that you swore to give their fathers?
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Genesis 33:13-14
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13 But Jacob said to him, “My lord knows that the children are frail, and that the nursing flocks and herds are a care to me. If they are driven hard for one day, all the flocks will die. 14 Let my lord pass on ahead of his servant, and I will lead on slowly, at the pace of the livestock that are ahead of me and at the pace of the children, until I come to my lord (A)in Seir.”
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1 Corinthians 2:3
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3 And (A)I was with you (B)in weakness and in fear and much trembling,
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Acts 13:18
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18 And for about (A)forty years (B)he put up with[a] them in the wilderness.
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- Acts 13:18 Some manuscripts he carried (compare Deuteronomy 1:31)
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