1 Thessalonians 2:7

Augustine of Hippo

• Augustine of Hippo, Confessions XIII.22Book XIII

  “For to this purpose said that dispenser of Thine,—begetting children by the gospel,—that he might not always have them “babes,” whom he would feed on milk, and cherish as a nurse; “be ye transformed,” saith He, “by the renewing of your mind, that he may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect will of God.”” — editor's note: 1 Thess. ii. 7.

  Read the whole comment
• Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 50

  “A mother I have been to you: as is said in another place, “I became a babe among you, even as a nurse cherishing her own children.”” — editor's note: 1 Thess. ii. 7.

  Read the whole comment
• Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 126

  “The Apostle spent more; for, though it was allowed unto all the Apostles to receive, as Christ’s soldiers, pay from Christ’s subjects, that Apostle, nevertheless, toiled with his own hands, and excused the subjects the maintenance owing to him.” — editor's note: 1 Thess. ii. 7, 9; 2 Thess. iii. 8, 9.

  Read the whole comment
• Augustine of Hippo, Homilies on the First Epistle of John Homily 9

  “If then there be in us that spiritual charity of which the apostle saith, “I became small in the midst of you even as a nurse cherishing her young ones;” we love you the more when ye are exacting.” — editor's note: 1 Thess. ii. 7.

  Read the whole comment
• Augustine of Hippo, Of the Work of Monks Chapter 13

  “Of this weakness of his, he saith in another place, “We made ourselves small among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her children.”” — editor's note: “Parvuli.” 1 Thess. ii. 5–7. [See R.V.]

  Read the whole comment
• Augustine of Hippo, On the Catechising of the Uninstructed Chapter 10

  “For this reason, therefore, He became a little child in the midst of us, (and) like a nurse cherishing her children.” — editor's note: Cf. 1 Thess. ii. 7

  Read the whole comment
• Augustine of Hippo, Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 7

  “Hear that he descended: “I became a babe in the midst of you, even as a nurse cherisheth her children.”” — editor's note: 1 Thess. ii. 7.

  Read the whole comment

Gregory the Great

• Gregory the Great, Epistles, Books I–VIII V.22Book V

  “…says, As long as I am the apostle of the Gentiles I will honour my ministry (Rom. xi. 13); saying again in another place, We became as babes among you (1 Thess. ii. 7), he undoubtedly shews an example to us who come after him, that we should retain humility in our minds, and yet keep in honour the dignity of…” — the author cites it

  Read the whole comment
• Gregory the Great, The Book of Pastoral Rule II.6Part II

  “He knew not himself as preferred above his brethren, when he said, We became babes in the midst of you (1 Thess. ii. 7); and again, But ourselves your servants through Christ (2 Cor. iv. 5).” — the author cites it

  Read the whole comment

Clement of Alexandria

• Clement of Alexandria, The Instructor I.5Book I

  “This the blessed Paul most clearly pointed out when he said, “When we might have been burdensome as the apostles of Christ, we were gentle (ἤπιοι) among you, as a nurse cherisheth her children.”” — editor's note: 1 Thess. ii. 6, 7.

  Read the whole comment
• Clement of Alexandria, The Stromata, or Miscellanies I.1Book I

  “But we were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her children.”” — editor's note: 1 Thess. ii. 5, 6, 7.

  Read the whole comment

• Hebrews 12:14

  Cited together in Epistles, Books I–VIII V.22.

• 1 Peter 2:21

  Cited together in On the Catechising of the Uninstructed Chapter 10.

• 1 Peter 3:14

  Cited together in Epistles, Books I–VIII V.22.

• Genesis 1:26

  Cited together in Confessions XIII.22.

• Genesis 1:27

  Cited together in Confessions XIII.22.

• Job 41:25

  Cited together in Epistles, Books I–VIII V.22.

• Jeremiah 31:34

  Cited together in Confessions XIII.22.

• Matthew 13:31

  Cited together in Epistles, Books I–VIII V.22.

• Matthew 13:32

  Cited together in Epistles, Books I–VIII V.22.

• Acts 20:33

  Cited together in Of the Work of Monks Chapter 13.

• Romans 11:13

  Cited together in Epistles, Books I–VIII V.22.

• Romans 12:2

  Cited together in Confessions XIII.22.

• Romans 12:18

  Cited together in Epistles, Books I–VIII V.22.

• 1 Corinthians 2:15

  Cited together in Confessions XIII.22.

• 1 Corinthians 4:15

  Cited together in Confessions XIII.22.

• 1 Corinthians 9:22

  Cited together in On the Catechising of the Uninstructed Chapter 10.

• 2 Corinthians 5:13

  Cited together in On the Catechising of the Uninstructed Chapter 10.

• 2 Corinthians 9:7

  Cited together in On the Catechising of the Uninstructed Chapter 10.

• 2 Corinthians 11:7

  Cited together in Of the Work of Monks Chapter 13.

• 2 Corinthians 11:8

  Cited together in Of the Work of Monks Chapter 13.

• 2 Corinthians 11:10

  Cited together in Of the Work of Monks Chapter 13.

• 2 Corinthians 11:11

  Cited together in Of the Work of Monks Chapter 13.

• 2 Corinthians 11:12

  Cited together in Of the Work of Monks Chapter 13.

• 2 Corinthians 12:15

  Cited together in On the Catechising of the Uninstructed Chapter 10.

• Philippians 2:17

  Cited together in On the Catechising of the Uninstructed Chapter 10.

• Colossians 3:10

  Cited together in Confessions XIII.22.