1 Thessalonians 2:11 Meaning, Study, & Commentary | ASV

as ye know how we [dealt with] each one of you, as a father with his own children, exhorting you, and encouraging [you], and testifying,

Commentaries

19th Century

Southern Baptist

19th Century

As a father with his own children (ως πατηρ τεκνα εαυτου). Change from the figure of the mother-nurse in verse 7. There is ellipse…

18th Century

Presbyterian

18th Century

How we exhorted. That is, to a holy life.

And comforted. In the times of affliction.

And charged. Greek: <…

19th Century

Anglican

19th Century

As (emphatic): “We lived holily—just (in fact) as you remember we tried to persuade each one of you to live.”

20th Century

A further comparison enlivens Paul’s expression of concern. He changes his metaphor from a mother’s tender care (v.7) to that of a father dealing w…

16th Century

Protestant

16th Century

Every one as a father. He insists particularly on those things that belong to his office. He has compared himself to a nurse: he …

17th Century

Reformed Baptist

17th Century

As you know
This is added to the end of the last verse in the Arabic version, and which begins this verse thus, "as …

17th Century

Presbyterian

17th Century

Mildness and tenderness greatly recommend religion and are most conformable to God's gracious dealing with sinners, in and by the gospel. This is t…