On the contrary, we were gentle among you, like a nursing mother caring for her children.
DRAWhereas 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:
EMTVBut we proved to be gentle in your midst, as a nursing mother cherishes her own children.
FBVbut instead we acted kindly among you, like a mother caring for her own children.
GNVBut we were gentle among you, euen as a nource cherisheth her children.
LSVBut we became gentle in yöur midst, as a nurse may nurture her own children,
NASBBut we proved to be gentle among you. As a nursing mother tenderly cares for her own children,NASB 2020
Instead, we were like young children among you. Just as a nursing mother cares for her children,
NMVBut we were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherishes her children:
OJBEven though we had the samchut to be able to throw our weight around as Shlichim (Emissaries) of Moshiach, yet we became anav (humble) and eidel (gentle) among you, as a nursing imma (mother) might take care of her own yeladim.
TCENTInstead, we were gentle among you, like a nursing mother caring for her children.
T4Talthough we could have demanded that you should honor/respect us, because we are apostles who represent (OR, speak for) Christ. On the contrary, we were gentle when we were among you, as a mother gently takes care of her own children [SIM].