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Gentle (ἤπιοι)
This reading is adopted by Tischendorf, Weiss, and the Rev. T. Westcott and Hort read νήπιοι babes. This gives a stronger and bolder image, and one which falls in better with the course of thought, in which Paul is asserting his innocence of guile and flattery, and not of harshness.
Among you (ἐν μέσῳ ὑμῶν)
Better, and more literally, in the midst of you, which implies more intimate intercourse than among you. Comp. Luk 22:27.
Nurse (τροφός)
N.T.o. In Class. sometimes of a mother, and so probably here. See Gal 4:19.
Cherisheth (θάλπῃ)
Po. Here and Eph 5:29. The verb originally means to warm. See lxx, Deu 22:6.
Her own children
Note the inversion of metaphor. Paul is first the babe, then the nurse or mother. For similar instances see 1Th 5:2, 1Th 5:4; 2Co 3:13-16; Rom 7:1 ff. See Introduction to 2 Corinthians, Vol. 3, p. 19.