Parallel 1TH 2:7

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BSB § On the contrary, we were gentle among you,[fn] like a nursing mother caring for her children.

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BLB But we were gentle in your midst, as a nursing mother would cherish her own children.

AICNT though we could have been a burden as apostles of Christ, but we became {infants}[fn] among you. Just as a nurse cherishes her own children.

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OEB But we lived among you with the simplicity of a child; we were like a woman nursing her own children.

WEB But we were gentle among you, like a nursing mother cherishes her own children.

NET although we could have imposed our weight as apostles of Christ; instead we became little children among you. Like a nursing mother caring for her own children,

LSV But we became gentle in your midst, as a nurse may nurture her own children,

FBV but instead we acted kindly among you, like a mother caring for her own children.

TCNT Instead, we were [fn]gentle among you, like a nursing mother caring for her children.

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T4T although we could have demanded that you should honor/respect us, because we are apostles who represent (OR, speak for) Christ. On the contrary, we were gentle when we were among you, as a mother gently takes care of her own children [SIM].

LEB Although we could have insisted on our own importance[fn][fn] as apostles of Christ, yet we became infants in your midst, like a nursing mother cherishes her own children.

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BBE But we were gentle among you, like a woman caring for her little ones:

MOF No MOF 1TH book available

ASV But we were gentle in the midst of you, as when a nurse cherisheth her own children:

DRA Whereas we might have been burdensome to you, as the apostles of Christ: but we became little ones in the midst of you, as if a nurse should cherish her children:

YLT But we became gentle in your midst, as a nurse may cherish her own children,

DBY but have been gentle in the midst of you, as a nurse would cherish her own children.

RV But we were gentle in the midst of you, as when a nurse cherisheth her own children:

WBS But we were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her children:

KJB But we were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her children:

BB When we myght haue ben in auctoritie, as the Apostles of Christe, but we were tender among you, euen as a nource cherissheth her chyldren,
  (When we might have been in authority, as the Apostles of Christ, but we were tender among you, even as a nource cherissheth her children,)

GNV But we were gentle among you, euen as a nource cherisheth her children.
  (But we were gentle among you, even as a nource cherisheth her children. )

CB but we were tender amonge you. Like as a norsse cherisheth hir children,
  (but we were tender among you. Like as a norsse cherisheth her children,)

TNT but we were tender amonge you even as a norsse cheressheth her children
  (but we were tender among you even as a norsse cheressheth her children )

WYC nether of othere, whanne we, as Cristis apostlis, miyten haue be in charge to you. But we weren maad litle in the myddil of you, as if a nursche fostre hir sones;
  (nether of other, when we, as Christis apostles, miyten have be in charge to you. But we were made little in the middle of you, as if a nursche fostre her sons;)

LUT Hätten euch auch mögen schwer sein als Christi Apostel; sondern wir sind mütterlich gewesen bei euch, gleichwie eine Amme ihrer Kinder pfleget.
  (Hätten you also mögen schwer his als Christi Apostel; rather wir are mütterlich been bei you, gleichwie one Amme ihrer children pfleget.)

CLV Cum possemus vobis oneri esse ut Christi apostoli: sed facti sumus parvuli in medio vestrum, tamquam si nutrix foveat filios suos.[fn]
  (Since possemus to_you oneri esse as Christi apostoli: but facti sumus parvuli in medio of_you, tamquam when/but_if nutrix foveat filios suos.)

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UGNT δυνάμενοι ἐν βάρει εἶναι, ὡς Χριστοῦ ἀπόστολοι. ἀλλὰ ἐγενήθημεν νήπιοι ἐν μέσῳ ὑμῶν, ὡς ἐὰν τροφὸς θάλπῃ τὰ ἑαυτῆς τέκνα.
  (dunamenoi en barei einai, hōs Ⱪristou apostoloi. alla egenaʸthaʸmen naʸpioi en mesōi humōn, hōs ean trofos thalpaʸ ta heautaʸs tekna.)

SBL-GNT δυνάμενοι ἐν βάρει εἶναι ὡς Χριστοῦ ἀπόστολοι· ἀλλὰ ἐγενήθημεν ⸀ἤπιοι ἐν μέσῳ ὑμῶν, ὡς ⸀ἐὰν τροφὸς θάλπῃ τὰ ἑαυτῆς τέκνα·
  (dunamenoi en barei einai hōs Ⱪristou apostoloi; alla egenaʸthaʸmen ⸀aʸpioi en mesōi humōn, hōs ⸀ean trofos thalpaʸ ta heautaʸs tekna; )

TC-GNT [fn]ἀλλ᾽ ἐγενήθημεν [fn]ἤπιοι ἐν μέσῳ ὑμῶν ὡς [fn]ἂν τροφὸς θάλπῃ τὰ ἑαυτῆς τέκνα·
  (all᾽ egenaʸthaʸmen aʸpioi en mesōi humōn hōs an trofos thalpaʸ ta heautaʸs tekna;)

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Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs, red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).