δυνάμενοι ἐν βάρει εἶναι ὡς Χριστοῦ ἀπόστολοι· ἀλλὰ ἐγενήθημεν ⸀ἤπιοι ἐν μέσῳ ὑμῶν, ὡς ⸀ἐὰν τροφὸς θάλπῃ τὰ ἑαυτῆς τέκνα·

dunamenoi en barei einai os Khristou apostoloi* alla egenethemen repioi en meso umon, os rean trophos thalpe ta eautes tekna*

cum possimus oneri esse ut Christi apostoli sed facti sumus lenes in medio vestrum tamquam si nutrix foveat filios suos

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

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

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

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

But we were meek among you, even as a nursemaid who cherishes her children.

but have been gentle in the midst of you, as a nurse would cherish her own children.

Whereas we might have been burdensome to you, as the apostles of Christ: but we became little ones in the midst of you, as if a nurse should cherish her children:

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

But we were gentle among you, like a nursing mother taking care of her own children.

although as apostles of Christ we had the right to do this. Instead, we were gentle when we were with you, like a mother taking care of her children.

Although we could have been a burden as Christ's apostles, instead we were gentle among you, as a nursing mother nurtures her own children.

even though as apostles of the Messiah we might have made such demands. Instead, we were gentle among you, like a nursing mother tenderly caring for her own children.

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,

But we proved to be gentle among you, as a nursing mother tenderly cares for her own children.

Instead, we were like young children among you. Just as a nursing mother cares for her children,

As apostles of Christ we certainly had a right to make some demands of you, but instead we were like children among you. Or we were like a mother feeding and caring for her own children.

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

On the contrary, in our relations to you we showed ourselves as gentle as a mother is when she tenderly nurses her own children.

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