Although we could have been a burden as Christ’s apostles,(A) instead we were gentle[a] among you, as a nursing mother nurtures her own children.

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  1. 1 Thessalonians 2:7 Other mss read infants

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