Verse 7

But we were gentle among you, just as a nurse cherishes her children:

Other Translations

• Bibeloversettelse fra KJV1611 og Textus Receptus

  Men vi var milde blant dere, som en ammende pleier sine barn.

• NT, oversatt fra gresk

  selv om vi kunne ha krevd autoritet som apostler for Kristus. Nei, vi var milde blant dere, som en mor som tar vare på sine egne barn.

• Norsk King James

  Men vi var milde blant dere, som en omsorgsfull mor som tar seg av sine barn.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Men vi var milde blant dere; som en amme som pleier sine egne barn,

• KJV/Textus Receptus til norsk

  Men vi var milde blant dere, som en ammende mor varmer sine barn.

• Den norske oversettelsen av Det Nye Testamente

  selv om vi som Kristi apostler kunne ha vært til byrde for dere. Men vi var milde blant dere, som en mor som ømt pleier sine egne barn.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Men vi var milde blant dere, som en amme som varsomt pleier sine barn.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Vi var derimot milde mot dere, slik en omsorgsfull mor pleier sine barn.

• gpt4.5-preview

  Men vi var milde blant dere, som en ammende mor varsomt steller med sine barn.

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  Men vi var milde blant dere, som en ammende mor varsomt steller med sine barn.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  selv om vi kunne ha krevd anerkjennelse som Kristi apostler. Men vi ble milde blant dere, som en pleierske som varmer sine egne barn.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Although we could have asserted our authority as apostles of Christ, we were gentle among you, like a nursing mother caring for her own children.

• biblecontext

  { "verseID": "1 Thessalonians.2.7", "source": "δυνάμενοι ἕν βάρει εἶναι, ὥς Χριστοῦ ἀπόστολοι. ⋄Ἀλλʼ ἐγενήθημεν ἤπιοι ἐν μέσῳ ὑμῶν, ὡς ἂν τροφὸς θάλπῃ τὰ ἑαυτῆς τέκνα:", "text": "*Dynamenoi* in *barei* *einai*, as *Christou* *apostoloi*. *All'* we *egenēthēmen* *ēpioi* in *mesō* of you, as if *trophos* would *thalpē* the *heautēs* *tekna*:", "grammar": { "*Dynamenoi*": "present middle participle, nominative, masculine, plural - being able", "*barei*": "dative, neuter, singular - weight/burden/authority", "*einai*": "present active infinitive - to be", "*Christou*": "genitive, masculine, singular - of Christ", "*apostoloi*": "nominative, masculine, plural - apostles/messengers", "*All'*": "adversative conjunction - but/yet", "*egenēthēmen*": "aorist passive indicative, 1st person plural - we were/became", "*ēpioi*": "nominative, masculine, plural - gentle/mild", "*mesō*": "dative, neuter, singular - midst/middle", "*trophos*": "nominative, feminine, singular - nurse/nursing mother", "*thalpē*": "present active subjunctive, 3rd person singular - would cherish/care for", "*heautēs*": "genitive, feminine, singular, reflexive pronoun - her own", "*tekna*": "accusative, neuter, plural - children" }, "variants": { "*barei*": "weight/burden/authority/importance", "*egenēthēmen*": "we were/became/appeared", "*ēpioi*": "gentle/mild/kind", "*thalpē*": "cherish/care for/nurture/warm" } }

• NT, oversatt fra gresk Aug2024

  selv om vi som Kristi apostler kunne ha gjort våre krav gjeldende. Men vi var milde blant dere, som en ammende mor som varsomt varmer sine egne barn.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  men vi vare lemfældige iblandt eder. Som en Amme pleier sine Børn,

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Men vi var myke blant dere, som når en amme pleier sine egne barn.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Men vi var milde blant dere, som når en ammende mor pleier sine egne barn.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Men vi ble milde blant dere, som når en ammende mor tar seg av sine egne barn.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Men vi var milde blant dere, som en amme som pleier sine egne barn.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Men vi var milde blant dere, som en kvinne som tar seg av sine små barn:

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  but we were tender amonge you even as a norsse cheressheth her children

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  but we were tender amonge you. Like as a norsse cherisheth hir children,

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  But we were gentle among you, euen as a nource cherisheth her children.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  When we myght haue ben in auctoritie, as the Apostles of Christe, but we were tender among you, euen as a nource cherissheth her chyldren,

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ But we were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her children:

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  But we were gentle among of you, as when a nurse cherishes her own children.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  But we became gentle in your midst, as a nurse may cherish her own children,

• American Standard Version (1901)

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

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  But we were gentle among you, like a woman caring for her little ones:

• World English Bible (2000)

  But we were gentle among you, like a nursing mother cherishes her own children.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  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,

Referenced Verses

• 1 Thess 2:11 : 11 As you know how we exhorted, and comforted, and charged every one of you, as a father does his children,
• 2 Tim 2:24-25 : 24 And a servant of the Lord must not quarrel but be gentle to all, able to teach, patient, 25 in humility correcting those who are in opposition, if God perhaps will grant them repentance, so that they may know the truth,
• Isa 66:13 : 13 As one whom his mother comforts, so will I comfort you; and you shall be comforted in Jerusalem.
• Jas 3:17 : 17 But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy.
• Isa 49:23 : 23 And kings shall be your nursing fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers: they shall bow down to you with their face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of your feet; and you shall know that I am the LORD: for they shall not be ashamed who wait for me.
• Gen 33:13-14 : 13 And he said to him, My lord knows that the children are tender, and the flocks and herds with young are with me; and if men should overdrive them one day, all the flock will die. 14 Let my lord, I pray you, pass over before his servant, and I will lead on softly, according to the pace of the cattle that go before me and the children are able to endure, until I come to my lord in Seir.
• Num 11:12 : 12 Have I conceived all this people? Have I begotten them, that You should say to me, Carry them in your bosom, as a nursing father bears the nursing child, to the land which You swore to their fathers?
• Isa 40:11 : 11 He shall feed his flock like a shepherd; he shall gather the lambs with his arm and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young.
• Ezek 34:14-16 : 14 I will feed them in a good pasture, and upon the high mountains of Israel shall their fold be: there shall they lie in a good fold, and in a rich pasture shall they feed upon the mountains of Israel. 15 I will feed my flock, and I will cause them to lie down, says the Lord GOD. 16 I will seek that which was lost, and bring back that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but I will destroy the fat and the strong; I will feed them with judgment.
• Matt 11:29-30 : 29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and you shall find rest for your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.
• John 21:15-17 : 15 When they had dined, Jesus said to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, do you love me more than these? He said to him, Yes, Lord; you know that I love you. He said to him, Feed my lambs. 16 He said to him again the second time, Simon, son of Jonas, do you love me? He said to him, Yes, Lord; you know that I love you. He said to him, Feed my sheep. 17 He said to him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, do you love me? Peter was grieved because he said to him the third time, Do you love me? And he said to him, Lord, you know all things; you know that I love you. Jesus said to him, Feed my sheep.
• Acts 13:18 : 18 And for about forty years he cared for them in the wilderness.
• 1 Cor 2:3 : 3 And I was with you in weakness, in fear, and in much trembling.
• 1 Cor 9:22 : 22 To the weak I became as weak, that I might win the weak. I have become all things to all people, that I might by all means save some.
• 2 Cor 10:1 : 1 Now I, Paul, myself plead with you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ, who in presence am lowly among you, but being absent am bold toward you:
• 2 Cor 13:4 : 4 For though He was crucified through weakness, yet He lives by the power of God. For we also are weak in Him, but we shall live with Him by the power of God toward you.
• Gal 5:22-23 : 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control; against such there is no law.