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# as a mother comforting her own children
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Just as a mother gently comforts her children, so Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy spoke gently to the Thessalonian believers. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])
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# In this way we had affection for you
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"This is how we demonstrated our affection for you"
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# we had affection for you
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"we loved you"
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# We were pleased to share with you not only the gospel of God but also our own lives
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Paul speaks of the gospel message and his life and the lives of those with him as if they were a physical object that one could share with others. AT: "We were pleased not only to tell you the gospel of God but also to spend time with you and to help you" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# you had become very dear to us
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"we cared for you deeply"
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# brothers
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Here this means fellow Christians, including both men and women.
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# our labor and toil
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The words "labor" and "toil" mean basically the same thing. Paul uses them to emphasize how hard they worked. AT: "how hard we worked" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-doublet]])
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# Night and day we were working so that we might not weigh down any of you
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"We worked hard to make our own living so you would not need to support us"
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/goodnews]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/god]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/brother]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/labor]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/preach]] |