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
Contemporary English Version
You also know we did everything for you that parents would do for their own children.
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,
Good News Bible
You know that we treated each one of you just as parents treat their own children.
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,
New American Standard Bible
just as you know how we {were} exhorting and encouraging and imploring each one of you as a father {would} his own children,
New International Version
For you know that we dealt with each of you as a father deals with his own children,
New King James Version
as you know how we exhorted, and comforted, and charged every one of you, as a father does his own children,
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
just as you know how we exhorted and encouraged and implored each one of you as a father would his own 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,
