Verse Comparison: 1 Thessalonians 2:11
American Standard Version
as ye know how we `dealt with' each one of you, as a father with his own children, exhorting you, and encouraging `you', and testifying,
Amplified® Bible
For you know how, as a father [dealing with] his children, we used to exhort each of you personally, stimulating {and} encouraging and charging you
Darby English Version
as ye know how, as a father his own children, we used to exhort each one of you, and comfort and testify,
International Standard Version
You know very well that we treated each of you the way a father treats his children.
King James Version
As ye know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as a father doth his children,
Young's Literal Translation
even as ye have known, how each one of you, as a father his own children, we are exhorting you, and comforting, and testifying,
