 | John Fletcher - 1804 - 444 pages
...Paul, " how we exhorted, and comforted, and charged every one of you, as a father doth his children.... We were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth...but also our own souls, because ye were dear unto in. Go.l is my record, how greatly I long after you all, in the bowels of Jesus Christ. Receive us;... | |
 | 1804 - 438 pages
...neither of you, nor yet of others, when we might have been burdensome, as the apostles of Christ. 7 But we were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her children : 8 So, being affectionately desirous of you, we were willing to have imparted unto you, not the gospel... | |
 | 1804 - 476 pages
...neither of you, nor yet of others, when we might have been burdensome, as the apostles of Christ. 7 But we were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her children : 8 So, being affectionately desirous of you, we were willing to have imparted unto you, not the gospel... | |
 | Jacques Saurin, Robert Robinson - 1805 - 380 pages
...for laboring night and day we preached unto you the gospel of God, 1. Thess. ii. 9- Is it gentleness? We were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her children. You know, how we exhorted, and comforted, . and charged every one of you, as a father doth his children,... | |
 | Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. - 1806 - 508 pages
...we were gentle among you, even as a nurfe cherifhtth her children. So being affectionately defirous of you, we were willing to have imparted unto you, not the gofpel of God only, but alfo our own louU, willingnefs and cheerfulnefs in performing their duties... | |
 | 1806 - 432 pages
...of Chritt. 7 But we were gentle anK-, chenlheth her children : 8 So, being affeflionately defirous of you, we were willing to have imparted unto you, not the gofpel of God only, but alfo our own fouls, becaufe ye were dear unto us. 9 For ye remember, brethren,... | |
 | Hugh Gaston - 1807 - 550 pages
...Christ. iv. 8. I sent Timotheus to comfort your hearts. 1 Cor. iv. 7. 1 Thess. iii. 2. 1 Thess. ii. 7. We were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her children. Ver. 8. Ik-ing affectionately desirous of you, we were willing to have imparted to you, not the gospel... | |
 | Robert Robinson - 1807 - 384 pages
...We will do so chearfully, being affectionately desirous of you, we are willing to impart unto'you, not the gospel of God only, but also our own souls, because you are dear unto us; but in vain we do all this, except you repent and pray for yourselves. Some of... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - 1808 - 514 pages
...of his " affectionate and tender love," as of a nurse towards her children, 1 Thess. ii. 7, 8. " But we were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth...also our own souls, 'because ye were dear unto us." So also he speaks of his " bowels of love," Phil. i. 8. Philem. 5, 12, and 30. So he speaks of his... | |
 | John Newton - 1808 - 712 pages
...the example of the apostles, were equally desirous to imitate him in the use of it.) He then adds, " So being affectionately desirous of you, " we were...also our own souls, because " ye were dear unto us." No comment can do justice to the spirit of this sentiment, or to the force of the expression in the... | |
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But we were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her children : So, being affectionately desirous of you, we were willing to have imparted unto you, not the gospel of God only, but also our own souls, because ye were dear unto us. 
