1 Thessalonians 2:10

Contextual Overview

⁷As apostles of Christ we could have been a burden to you, but we were gentle among you, like a mother caring for her little children. ⁷ Instead, we were like young children among you. Just as a nursing mother cares for her children, ⁷ But we proved to be gentle among you, as a nursing mother tenderly cares for her own children. ⁷But we proved to be gentle among you, as a nursing mother tenderly cares for her own children. ⁷Instead, we rode through your herd like little kids at their first branding. We cared for y'all with the gusto of a protective stud watching over his mares and foals. ⁷ But we were gentle among you, like a woman caring for her little ones: ⁷ but have been gentle in the midst of you, as a nurse would cherish her own children. ⁷ 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. ⁷ But we were gentle in the midst of you, as when a nurse cherishes her own children. ⁷ But we were gentle in the midst of you, even as a nurse cherisheth her own children.

Bible Verse Review
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witnesses: 1 Thessalonians 1:5, 1 Samuel 12:3-5, Acts 20:18, Acts 20:26, Acts 20:33, Acts 20:34, 2 Corinthians 4:2, 2 Corinthians 5:11, 2 Corinthians 11:11, 2 Corinthians 11:31

how: Numbers 16:15, Job 29:11-17, Job 31:1-39, Psalms 7:3-5, Psalms 18:20-24, Jeremiah 18:20, Acts 24:16, 2 Corinthians 1:12, 2 Corinthians 6:3-10, 2 Corinthians 7:2, 2 Thessalonians 3:7, 1 Timothy 4:12, 2 Timothy 3:10, Titus 2:7, Titus 2:8, 1 Peter 5:3

Reciprocal: Genesis 20:5 - in the integrity Genesis 31:37 - set it here Leviticus 21:17 - blemish Deuteronomy 26:13 - I have not 1 Samuel 9:6 - an honourable 1 Kings 18:13 - what I did 2 Kings 4:7 - pay 2 Kings 4:9 - this is 1 Chronicles 29:17 - in the uprightness 2 Chronicles 31:20 - wrought Job 10:7 - Thou knowest Job 16:19 - my witness Job 23:11 - My foot Psalms 7:8 - to mine Psalms 18:21 - For I Psalms 26:11 - I will Psalms 44:18 - have Psalms 131:1 - my heart Matthew 5:19 - do Matthew 10:16 - harmless Luke 6:42 - cast Acts 20:31 - night 2 Corinthians 6:6 - pureness 2 Corinthians 11:10 - the truth Philippians 3:17 - be Titus 1:8 - sober

Cross-References

Psalms 46:4
There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, the holy place where the Most High dwells.

Psalms 46:4
There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, the holy place where the Most High dwells.

Psalms 46:4
There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God,The holy dwelling places of the Most High.

Psalms 46:4
There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, The holy dwelling places of the Most High.

Psalms 46:4
[Yet] the fludde by his ryuers shall make glad the citie of God: the holy place of the tabernacles of the most hyghest.

Psalms 46:4
There is a river the streams whereof make glad the city of God, the sanctuary of the habitations of the Most High.

Psalms 46:4
There is a river whose streams shall make glad the city of God, The holy place of the tabernacle of the Most High.

Psalms 46:4
There is a river, its channels gladden the city of God, the holy tabernacles of the Most High.

Psalms 46:4
There is a river whose streams bring happiness to God's city, to the holy city of God Most High.

Psalms 46:4
There is a river, the streams of which make the city of God glad, The holy place of the tents of the Most High.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Ye are witnesses, and God also,.... Not so much to what goes before as to what follows after, relating to their holy walk and conversation among them, the more open part of which they were witness of; and for the more secret part God is appealed to, who is acquainted with the springs of actions, as well as with actions themselves:

how holily, and justly, and unblamably we behaved ourselves among you that believe. The Syriac version joins the last clause of the preceding verse with this, and reads the whole thus, "ye are witnesses, and God also, how purely and justly we preached unto you the Gospel of God, and how unblamable we were among all that believed"; referring the former part to the purity and integrity in which they preached the Gospel, and the latter to their unblemished conduct among the saints; but the whole of it refers to their conversation, which was holy, externally holy, arising from internal principles of holiness in their hearts, and free from that impurity and filthiness with which the false teachers were polluted; and confirms what is before said, that their exhortation was not of uncleanness: and it was likewise "just", they were righteous in the sight of God through the justifying righteousness of Christ, and in consequence of this lived righteously before men, and were injurious to no man's person nor property: and their conversation was also "unblamable"; not that they were, without sin, and so without blame in themselves, or without the commission of sin by them, or that they passed without censure in the world, for they went through honour and dishonour, through good report and bad report, and had all manner of evil spoken of them falsely for Christ's name's sake; but by the grace of God, they had their conversation among them that believed so, that there was nothing material to be alleged against them, or any just cause of blame to be laid either on their persons or their ministry; and which is mentioned for imitation.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Ye are witnesses - They had a full opportunity of knowing his manner of life.

And God also - See the notes on ver 5.

How holily - Piously - observing all the duties of religion.

And justly - In our contact with people. I did them no wrong.

And unblameably - This seems to refer to his duties both to God and man. In reference to all those duties no one could bring a charge against him. Every duty was faithfully performed. This is not a claim to absolute perfection, but it is a claim to consistency of character, and to faithfulness in duty, which every Christian should be enabled to make. Every man professing religion should so live as to be able to appeal to all who have had an opportunity of knowing him, as witnesses that he was consistent and faithful, and that there was nothing which could be laid to his charge.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 10. Ye are witnesses, and God also, how holily — i.e., in reference to GOD; how justly in reference to men; and unblamably in reference to our spirit and conduct, as ministers of Christ, we behaved ourselves among you. What a consciousness of his own integrity must St. Paul have had to use the expressions that are here! No hypocrite, and none who did the work of the Lord carelessly, could make such an appeal both to God and man.