For we never used flattering speech, as you know, or had greedy(A) motives(B)—God is our witness(C) and we didn’t seek glory(D) from people, either from you or from others. Although we could have been a burden as Christ’s apostles,(E) instead we were gentle[a] among you, as a nurse[b] nurtures her own children.

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Footnotes

  1. 2:7 Many mss read infants
  2. 2:7 Or nursing mother

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