en_tn/1th/02/07.md

# as a mother comforting her own children

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]])

# In this way we had affection for you

"This is how we demonstrated our affection for you"

# we had affection for you

"we loved you"

# We were pleased to share with you not only the gospel of God but also our own lives

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]])

# you had become very dear to us

"we cared for you deeply"

# brothers

Here this means fellow Christians, including both men and women.

# our labor and toil

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]])

# Night and day we were working so that we might not weigh down any of you

"We worked hard to make our own living so you would not need to support us"

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/goodnews]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/god]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/brother]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/labor]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/preach]]
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# as a mother comforting her own children`
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`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]])`
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# In this way we had affection for you`

			`"This is how we demonstrated our affection for you"`

			`# we had affection for you`
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
			`"we loved you"`

initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# We were pleased to share with you not only the gospel of God but also our own lives`

			`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]])`

			`# you had become very dear to us`
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
			`"we cared for you deeply"`

initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# brothers`

			`Here this means fellow Christians, including both men and women.`

			`# our labor and toil`
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`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]])`
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# Night and day we were working so that we might not weigh down any of you`
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
added tw to notes 2017-06-24 00:15:21 +00:00			`"We worked hard to make our own living so you would not need to support us"`

			`# translationWords`

			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/goodnews]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/god]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/brother]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/labor]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/preach]]`