New American Standard Bible 2020

1 Thessalonians 2:7-12

7But we 1proved to be 2 3gentle 4among you. 5As a nursing mother 6tenderly cares for her own children, 8in the same way we had a fond affection for you and were delighted to 7share with you not only the 8gospel of God, but also our own 9lives, because you had become 10very dear to us.

9For you recall, brothers and sisters, our 11labor and hardship: it was by 12working night and day so as not to be a 13burden to any of you, that we proclaimed to you the 14gospel of God. 10You are witnesses, and so is 15God, of 16how devoutly and rightly and blamelessly we 17behaved toward you 18believers; 11just as you know how we were 19exhorting and encouraging and 20imploring each one of you as 21a father would his own children, 12so that you would 22walk in a manner worthy of the God who 23calls you into His own kingdom and 24glory.

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Notes

1. 1 Thessalonians 2:7 Or became gentle ↩
2. 1 Thessalonians 2:7 Three early mss infants ↩
3. 1 Thessalonians 2:7 2 Tim 2:24 ↩
4. 1 Thessalonians 2:7 Lit in the midst of you ↩
5. 1 Thessalonians 2:7 Gal 4:19; 1 Thess 2:11 ↩
6. 1 Thessalonians 2:7 Or cherishes ↩
7. 1 Thessalonians 2:8 2 Cor 12:15; 1 John 3:16 ↩
8. 1 Thessalonians 2:8 Rom 1:1 ↩
9. 1 Thessalonians 2:8 Or souls ↩
10. 1 Thessalonians 2:8 Lit beloved ↩
11. 1 Thessalonians 2:9 Phil 4:16; 2 Thess 3:8 ↩
12. 1 Thessalonians 2:9 Acts 18:3 ↩
13. 1 Thessalonians 2:9 1 Cor 9:4f; 2 Cor 11:9 ↩
14. 1 Thessalonians 2:9 Rom 1:1 ↩
15. 1 Thessalonians 2:10 1 Thess 2:5 ↩
16. 1 Thessalonians 2:10 2 Cor 1:12; 1 Thess 1:5 ↩
17. 1 Thessalonians 2:10 Lit became ↩
18. 1 Thessalonians 2:10 Or who believe ↩
19. 1 Thessalonians 2:11 1 Thess 5:14 ↩
20. 1 Thessalonians 2:11 Luke 16:28; 1 Thess 4:6 ↩
21. 1 Thessalonians 2:11 1 Cor 4:14; 1 Thess 2:7 ↩
22. 1 Thessalonians 2:12 Eph 4:1 ↩
23. 1 Thessalonians 2:12 Rom 8:28; 1 Thess 5:24; 2 Thess 2:14 ↩
24. 1 Thessalonians 2:12 2 Cor 4:6; 1 Pet 5:10 ↩

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