But we were gentle in the midst of you (αλλα εγενηθημεν νηπιο εν μεσω υμων). Note εγενηθημεν (became), not ημεθα (were). This rend…

But we were gentle among you, etc. Instead of using authority, we used only the most kind and gentle methods to win you and to promote you…

Among you.—Rather, in the midst of you, making the gentleness still more marked. “Her,” in the Greek emphatically her…

Not only was the godly concern of Paul and his helpers proved by their freedom from lower motives (vv.5–6), but also by their higher motives (vv.7–…

But we were gentle among you
Meek and humble, mild and moderate; not using severity, or carrying it in a haughty imp…

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…

Previously, Paul commended the The alonians for having received God’s word amid tribulations; now he praises them because they did not fall away as…