1Th 2:7. Ἤπιοι, gentle) A very sweet word, which is wont to be applied chiefly to parents and physicians. It is opposed to flattery [1Th 2:5]: for he is called ἤπιος, who has true gentleness.-ἐν μέσῳ ὑμῶν, in the midst of you) like a hen surrounded by her chickens. They did not act as if from the chair (ex cathedrâ, from the authoritative chair), which is said to belong to Peter, and which calls the style of its court apostolical.-τροφὸς) a mother, and at the same time a nurse. Weigh well the expression, her own. The spiritual are analogous to the natural affections, 1Th 2:11; 1Ti 5:1-2.