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A Father's Heart in Ministry
Commentators highlight Paul's shift in metaphor from a nurturing mother (v. 7) to a guiding father. This fatherly care was not harsh or dictatorial, but tender, affectionate, and deeply personal. Scholars like Calvin note that this is the ideal for any spiritual leader—to show a father's concern for the church.
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1 Thessalonians
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Albert Barnes
On 1 Thessalonians 2:11
18th Century
Theologian
How we exhorted. That is, to a holy life.
And comforted. In the times of affliction.
And charged. Greek: <…
AT Robertson
On 1 Thessalonians 2:11
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…
Charles Ellicott
On 1 Thessalonians 2:11
19th Century
Bishop
As (emphatic): “We lived holily—just (in fact) as you remember we tried to persuade each one of you to live.”
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Expositor's Bible Commentary
On 1 Thessalonians 2:11
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…
John Calvin
On 1 Thessalonians 2:11
16th Century
Theologian
Every one as a father. He insists particularly on those things that belong to his office. He has compared himself to a nurse: he …
John Gill
On 1 Thessalonians 2:11
17th Century
Pastor
As you know
This is added to the end of the last verse in the Arabic version, and which begins this verse thus, "as …
Matthew Henry
On 1 Thessalonians 2:7–12
17th Century
Minister
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…