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1 Thessalonians 2:8 KJV
1 Thessalonians · chapter 2 · verse 8
So being affectionately desirous of you, we were willing to have imparted unto you, not the gospel of God only, but also our own souls, because ye were dear unto us.1 Thessalonians 2:8 · King James Version
1 Thessalonians 2:8 in context
6Nor of men sought we glory, neither of you, nor yet of others, when we might have been burdensome, as the apostles of Christ.
7But we were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her children:
8So being affectionately desirous of you, we were willing to have imparted unto you, not the gospel of God only, but also our own souls, because ye were dear unto us.
9For ye remember, brethren, our labour and travail: for labouring night and day, because we would not be chargeable unto any of you, we preached unto you the gospel of God.
10Ye are witnesses, and God also, how holily and justly and unblameably we behaved ourselves among you that believe:
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- impartedmetadidōmito impartG3330 →
- willingeudokeōit seems good to one, is one's good pleasure, think it good, choose, determine, decide…G2106 →
- gospeleuangeliona reward for good tidings, good tidings, the glad tidings of the kingdom of God soon to…G2098 →
- soulspsychēbreath, the breath of life, the vital force which animates the body and shows itself in…G5590 →
- onlymonononly, alone, butG3440 →
- dearagapētosbeloved, esteemed, dear, favourite, worthy of loveG27 →
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In these words the apostle reminds the Thessalonians of the manner of his conversation among them. And, I. He mentions the gentleness of their behaviour: We were gentle among you, Th1 2:7. He showed great mildness and tenderness who might have acted with the authority of an apostle of Christ.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 7-12