First letter to the Thessalonians 2:7

even though as apostles of the Anointed One (Messiah, Christ) we could have made demands (used our authority).
Instead, we behaved gently, like a caring mother tenderly caring for her children,

The greek text BETA

Nestle-Aland (NA)

δυνάμενοι   ἐν   βάρει   εἶναι   ὡς   Χριστοῦ   ἀπόστολοι·   ἀλλ᾽   ἐγενήθημεν   νήπιοι   ἐν   μέσῳ   ὑμῶν,   ὡς   ἐὰν   τροφὸς   θάλπῃ   τὰ   ἑαυτῆς   τέκνα,  

Textus Receptus (TR)

δυνάμενοι   ἐν   βάρει   εἶναι   ὡς   Χριστοῦ   ἀπόστολοι·   ἀλλ᾽   ἐγενήθημεν   νήπιοι   ἐν   μέσῳ   ὑμῶν,   ὡς   ἐὰν   τροφὸς   θάλπῃ   τὰ   ἑαυτῆς   τέκνα,  

Manuscript comments

TR has 18 Words, NA has 20 (+2).



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Strongs nr Greek English Grammar Code
G1410
δυνάμενοι (dynamenoi)
[though] having authority
VERB Verb
pres. middle dep. part. present middle or passive deponent Participle
nom. pl. Nominative plural masculine
V-PNP-NPM
G1722
ἐν (en)
with
Preposition Preposition
PREP
G0922
βάρει (barei)
weight
Noun Noun
dative sing. neut. dative singular Neutral
N-DSN
G1510
εἶναι (einai)
to be,
VERB Verb
pres. active inf. present active infinitive
V-PAN
G5613
ὡς (os)
as
Conj. Conjunktion
CONJ
G5547
Χριστοῦ (Christoy)
Christ’s
Noun Noun
gen. sing. genitive singular masculine
Title (title)
N-GSM-T
G0652
ἀπόστολοι· (apostoloi.)
apostles.
Noun Noun
nom. pl. Nominative plural masculine
N-NPM
G0235
ἀλλ᾽ (all)
But
Conj. Conjunktion
CONJ
G1096
ἐγενήθημεν (egenethemen)
we were
VERB Verb
2nd aorist passive dep. ind. second aorist passive deponent indicative
pl. first person plural
V-2AOI-1P
G3516
νήπιοι (nepioi)
infants
Adjective Adjective
nom. pl. Nominative plural masculine
A-NPM
G1722
ἐν (en)
in
Preposition Preposition
PREP
G3319
μέσῳ (meso)
[the] midst
Adjective Adjective
dative sing. neut. dative singular Neutral
A-DSN
G4771
ὑμῶν, (ymon,)
of you,
Personal Pron. Personal Pronoun
gen. pl. second person genitive plural
P-2GP
G5613
ὡς (os)
as
Conj. Conjunktion
CONJ
G1437
ἐὰν (ean)
maybe
Cond. part./conj. Conditional Particle or Conjunction
COND
G5162
τροφὸς (trophos)
a nursing mother
Noun Noun
nom. sing. Nominative singular feminine
N-NSF
G2282
θάλπῃ (thalpe)
shall cherish
VERB Verb
pres. active subj. present active subjunctive
sing. third person singular
V-PAS-3S
G3588
τὰ (ta)
Definite article Definite article
acc. pl. neut. accusative plural Neutral
T-APN
G1438
ἑαυτῆς (eaytes)
her own
Reflexive pron. Reflexive pronoun
gen. sing. third person genitive singular feminine
F-3GSF
G5043
τέκνα, (tekna,)
children.
Noun Noun
acc. pl. neut. accusative plural Neutral
N-APN

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