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1 Thessalonians 2:11 — King James Version← Study notes

As ye know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as a father doth his children,


1 Thessalonians 2:11Greek Interlinear

Greek · 1 Thessalonians 2:1110 words
GreekMeaning
καθάπερkathaper
just aswordG2509
οἴδατεoidate
you knowverbG6063
ὡςhōs
howwordG5613
ἕναhena
oneadjectiveG1519
ἕκαστονhekaston
eachadjectiveG1538
ὑμῶνhymōn
of youpronounG4771
ὡςhōs
aswordG5613
πατὴρpatēr
a fathernounG3962
τέκναtekna
childrennounG5043
ἑαυτοῦheautou
of himselfpronounG1438
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on 1 Thessalonians 2:11

The teacher ought to do nothing with a feeling of being burdened, that tends to the salvation of his disciples. For if the blessed Jacob was buffeted night and day in keeping his flocks, much more ought he, to whom the care of souls is entrusted, to endure all toils, though the work be laborious and mean, looking only to one thing, the salvation of his disciples, and the glory thence arising to God. See then, Paul, a man that was a Preacher, an Apostle of the world, and…

Chrysostom · 4th century · Homily 3 on First Thessalonians
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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