1 Thessalonians 2:7

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

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

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

GWT: 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.

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

BBE: But we were gentle among you, like a woman caring for her little ones:

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

DRB: 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:

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

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

YLT: But we became gentle in your midst, as a nurse may cherish her own children,