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But we [a]proved to be [b](A)gentle [c]among you, (B)as a nursing mother [d]tenderly cares for her own children. In this way, having fond affection for you, we were pleased to (C)impart to you not only the (D)gospel of God but also our own [e]lives, because you had become beloved to us.

For you remember, brothers, our (E)labor and hardship, how (F)working night and day so as not to be a (G)burden to any of you, we proclaimed to you the (H)gospel of God.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Thessalonians 2:7 Or became gentle
  2. 1 Thessalonians 2:7 Three early mss babes
  3. 1 Thessalonians 2:7 Lit in the midst of you
  4. 1 Thessalonians 2:7 Or cherishes
  5. 1 Thessalonians 2:8 Or souls