1 Thessalonians 2:7-8

Paul's Ministry to the Thessalonians

⁷ But we were _y gentle ₁ among you, _z like a nursing mother taking care of her own children. ⁸ So, being affectionately desirous of you, we were ready to share with you not only the gospel of God _a but also our own selves, because you had become very dear to us.

1. Cross References
   2 Timothy 2:24
   And the Lord's servant must not be quarrelsome but kind to everyone, able to teach, patiently enduring evil.
   1 Corinthians 14:20
   Brothers, do not be children in your thinking. Be infants in evil, but in your thinking be mature.
   
2. Cross References
   1 Thessalonians 2:11
   For you know how, like a father with his children.
   Isaiah 49:23
   Kings shall be your foster fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers. With their faces to the ground they shall bow down to you, and lick the dust of your feet. Then you will know that I am the Lord ; those who wait for me shall not be put to shame.
   Isaiah 60:16
   You shall suck the milk of nations; you shall nurse at the breast of kings; and you shall know that I, the Lord, am your Savior and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.
   
3. Cross References
   2 Corinthians 12:15
   I will most gladly spend and be spent for your souls. If I love you more, am I to be loved less?