1Th 2:7 | HCSB | STEP | Although we could have been a burden as Christ’s apostles , instead we were gentle among you , as a nursing mother nurtures her own children .

‏ 1 Thessalonians 2:7

7 Although we could have been a burden as Christ’s apostles, ^a instead we were gentle ^{▼▼Other mss read infants} among you, as a nursing mother nurtures her own children.