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We weren't aloof with you. We took you just as you were. We were never patronizing, never condescending, but we cared for you the way a mother cares for her children.
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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.
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although we could have thrown our weight around as Christ's apostles. Instead, we were gentle with you like a nursing mother caring for her own children.
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although we could have thrown our weight around as Christ's apostles. Instead, we were gentle with you like a nursing mother caring for her own children.
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As emissaries of the Messiah, we could have made our weight felt; but instead, we were gentle when we were with you, like a mother feeding and caring for her children.
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even though as apostles of Christ we could have made demands on you. But we were gentle when we were with you, like a mother taking care of her children.
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even though as apostles of Christ we could have made demands on you. But we were gentle when we were with you, like a mother taking care of her children.
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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.
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{Although we could have insisted on our own importance} as apostles of Christ, yet we became infants in your midst, like a nursing mother cherishes her own children.
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even though as apostles of Christ we could have used our authority over you. But we were very gentle with you, like a mother caring for her little children.
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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: