Protestantism
English
But we were gentle in the midst of you, as when a nurse cherisheth her own children:
but have been gentle in the midst of you, as a nurse would cherish her own children.
But we were gentle among you, euen as a nource cherisheth her children.
nevertheless we became gentle in the midst of you, as a nurse cherishes her own children.
But we were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherishes her children:
On the contrary, we were gentle among you,1 like a nursing mother caring for her children.
- WH and NA we were like young children among you
But we were gentle in the midst of you, as a nurse cherisheth her own infants.
But we were gentle among you, as a mother feeding and caring for her children,
⌞Although we could have insisted on our own importance⌟12 as apostles of Christ, yet we became infants in your midst, like a nursing mother cherishes her own children.
- Literally “being able to be with a claim of importance”
- *Here the participle (“being able”) is understood as concessive
But we were gentle in your midst, even as a nurse should warmly cherish her children.
But we were gentle among you, even as a nurse warmly cherishes her children.
But we were like children1 among you, like a nursing mother cherishes her own children.
- NU Vg. M TR read "gentle" instead of "like children"
But we were like children1 among you, like a nursing mother cherishes her own children.
- NU Vg. M TR read "gentle" instead of "like children"
But we were like children1 among you, like a nursing mother cherishes her own children.
- NU Vg. M TR read "gentle" instead of "like children"
But we were gentle in the midst of you, even as a nurse cherisheth her own children;
But we lived among you with the simplicity of a child; we were like a woman nursing her own children.
But we lived among you with the simplicity of a child; we were like a woman nursing her own children.
But we became gentle in your midst,—as though, a nursing mother, had been cherishing her own children:
But we lived among you with the simplicity of a child; we were like a woman nursing her own children.
Catholicism
English
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: