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Related Verses

1 Thessalonians 2:6–7
Nor did we seek glory from people, whether from you or from others, though we could have made demands as apostles of Christ. But we were gentle among you, like a nursing mother taking care of her own children.

Ephesians 4:2
with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love,

Acts 20:31
Therefore be alert, remembering that for three years I did not cease night or day to admonish every one with tears.

2 Corinthians 2:4
For I wrote to you out of much affliction and anguish of heart and with many tears, not to cause you pain but to let you know the abundant love that I have for you.

Philippians 3:18
For many, of whom I have often told you and now tell you even with tears, walk as enemies of the cross of Christ.

Acts 20:3
There he spent three months, and when a plot was made against him by the Jews as he was about to set sail for Syria, he decided to return through Macedonia.

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