1 Thessalonians 2:11
1 Thessalonians 2:9-12 The Message (MSG)
You remember us in those days, friends, working our fingers to the bone, up half the night, moonlighting so you wouldn’t have the burden of supporting us while we proclaimed God’s Message to you. You saw with your own eyes how discreet and courteous we were among you, with keen sensitivity to you as fellow believers. And God knows we weren’t freeloaders! You experienced it all firsthand. With each of you we were like a father with his child, holding your hand, whispering encouragement, showing you step-by-step how to live well before God, who called us into his own kingdom, into this delightful life.
1 Thessalonians 2:11 King James Version (KJV)
as ye know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as a father doth his children
1 Thessalonians 2:11 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
just as you know how we were exhorting and encouraging and imploring each one of you as a father would his own children
1 Thessalonians 2:11 New Century Version (NCV)
You know that we treated each of you as a father treats his own children.
1 Thessalonians 2:11 American Standard Version (ASV)
as ye know how we dealt with each one of you, as a father with his own children, exhorting you, and encouraging you, and testifying
1 Thessalonians 2:11 New International Version (NIV)
For you know that we dealt with each of you as a father deals with his own children
1 Thessalonians 2:11 New King James Version (NKJV)
as you know how we exhorted, and comforted, and charged every one of you, as a father does his own children
1 Thessalonians 2:11 Amplified Bible (AMP)
For you know how we were exhorting and encouraging and imploring each one of you just as a father does [in dealing with] his own children, [guiding you]
1 Thessalonians 2:11 New Living Translation (NLT)
And you know that we treated each of you as a father treats his own children.