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1 Thessalonians 2:11

ComfortParents and children

9 Surely you recall, brothers, our labor and toil. We worked night and day so that we would not be a burden to anyone while we proclaimed to you the gospel of God.

10 You are witnesses, and so is God, of how holy, righteous, and blameless our conduct was among you who believed.

For you know that we treated each of you as a father treats his own children—

12 encouraging you, comforting you, and urging you to walk in a manner worthy of God, who calls you into His own kingdom and glory.

13 And we continually thank God because, when you received the word of God that you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men, but as the true word of God—the word which is now at work in you who believe.

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BSB
For you know that we treated each of you as a father treats his own children—
KJV
As ye know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as a father doth his children,
WEB
As you know, we exhorted, comforted, and implored every one of you, as a father does his own children,
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,
DARBY
as ye know how, as a father his own children, we used to exhort each one of you, and comfort and testify,
BLB
just as you⁺ know how, each one of you⁺, as a father his own children,
ÅB
slik som dere vet hvordan vi formante hver og en av dere, som en far sine barn, og la dere på hjerte
OTB
som dere er klar over, oppmuntret, trøstet og formante vi hver enkelt av dere, som en far med sine egne barn,
B1930
likesom I vet hvorledes vi formante hver og en av eder, som en far sine barn, og la eder på hjerte

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