As ye know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you , as a father doth his children,
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Gill's Exposition
As you know,.... This is added to the end of the last verse in the Arabic version, and which begins this verse thus, "as one of you, and as a father comforting his sons, so we", &c. but for what is…
Barnes' Notes
How we exhorted - That is, to a holy life. And comforted - In the times of affliction. And charged - Greek, “testified.” The word testify is used here in the sense of protesting, or making an earnest…
Adam Clarke
How we exhorted - What pastoral care is marked here! They exhorted - were continually teaching and instructing, the objects of their charge; this was their general work.
And comforted - They found…
In these words the apostle reminds the Thessalonians of the manner of his conversation among them. And,
I. He mentions the gentleness of their behaviour: We were gentle among you, Th1 2:7. He showed…
Cambridge Bible
as you know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as a fatherdoth his children The R. V. recasts the verse, restoring the order and emphasis of the Apostle's words: how we dealt…
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