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7 But we were gentle in your midst, even as a nurse should warmly cherish her children.
8 Longing over you in this way, we were pleased to impart to you not only the gospel of God, but also our own souls, because you have become beloved to us.
9 For, brothers, you remember our labor and toil, night and day, working in order not to put a burden on any one of you, we proclaimed to you the gospel of God.
10 You and God are witnesses how holily and righteously and blamelessly we were to you, those believing;
11 even as you know how I was to each one of you, as a father to his children, exhorting and consoling you,