New International Version
Instead, we were like young children among you. Just as a nursing mother cares for her children,

New Living Translation
As apostles of Christ we certainly had a right to make some demands of you, but instead we were like children among you. Or we were like a mother feeding and caring for her own children.

English Standard Version
But we were gentle among you, like a nursing mother taking care of her own children.

Berean Standard Bible
On the contrary, we were gentle among you, like a nursing mother caring for her children.

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

King James Bible
But we were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her children:

New King James Version
But we were gentle among you, just as a nursing mother cherishes her own children.

New American Standard Bible
But we proved to be gentle among you. As a nursing mother tenderly cares for her own children,

NASB 1995
But we proved to be gentle among you, as a nursing mother tenderly cares for her own children.

NASB 1977
But we proved to be gentle among you, as a nursing mother tenderly cares for her own children.

Legacy Standard Bible
But we proved to be gentle among you, as a nursing mother tenderly cares for her own children.

Amplified Bible
But we behaved gently when we were among you, like a devoted mother tenderly caring for her own children.

Christian Standard Bible
Although we could have been a burden as Christ’s apostles, instead we were gentle among you, as a nurse nurtures her own children.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Although we could have been a burden as Christ’s apostles, instead we were gentle among you, as a nursing mother nurtures her own children.

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

Contemporary English Version
But as apostles, we could have demanded help from you. After all, Christ is the one who sent us. We chose to be like children or like a mother nursing her baby.

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

GOD'S WORD® Translation
although as apostles of Christ we had the right to do this. Instead, we were gentle when we were with you, like a mother taking care of her children.

Good News Translation
even though as apostles of Christ we could have made demands on you. But we were gentle when we were with you, like a mother taking care of her children.

International Standard Version
even though as apostles of the Messiah we might have made such demands. Instead, we were gentle among you, like a nursing mother tenderly caring for her own children.

Majority Standard Bible
On the contrary, we were gentle among you, like a nursing mother caring for her children.

NET Bible
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,

New Heart English Bible
But we were like little children among you, like a nursing mother cherishes her own children.

Webster's Bible Translation
But we were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her children:

Weymouth New Testament
On the contrary, in our relations to you we showed ourselves as gentle as a mother is when she tenderly nurses her own children.

World English Bible
But we were gentle among you, like a nursing mother cherishes her own children. Literal Standard Version
But we became gentle in your midst, as a nurse may nurture her own children,

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

Young's Literal Translation
But we became gentle in your midst, as a nurse may cherish her own children,

Smith's Literal Translation
But we were gentle in the midst of you, as a nurse should cherish her children:Douay-Rheims Bible
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:

Catholic Public Domain Version
And although we could have been a burden to you, as Apostles of Christ, instead we became like little ones in your midst, like a nurse cherishing her children.

New American Bible
although we were able to impose our weight as apostles of Christ. Rather, we were gentle among you, as a nursing mother cares for her children.

New Revised Standard Version
though we might have made demands as apostles of Christ. But we were gentle among you, like a nurse tenderly caring for her own children.Lamsa Bible
But we were meek when we were among you, and like a foster mother who loves her children:

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
But we were meek among you, even as a nursemaid who cherishes her children.Anderson New Testament
But we were gentle among you. As a nurse nourishes her children,

Godbey New Testament
but we were gentle in the midst of you, as if a nurse may cherish her children;

Haweis New Testament
But we were gentle in the midst of you, as a nurse cherisheth her own infants.

Mace New Testament
we behav'd to you with a tender regard, even as a mother, who nurses her own children.

Weymouth New Testament
On the contrary, in our relations to you we showed ourselves as gentle as a mother is when she tenderly nurses her own children.

Worrell New Testament
But we became gentle in the midst of you, as when a nurse cherishes her own children:

Worsley New Testament
But we were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her children:

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