Have I conceived all this people? have I brought them forth, that thou shouldest say unto me, Carry them in thy bosom, as a nursing-father carrieth the sucking child, unto the land which thou swarest unto their fathers?
My little children, of whom I am again in travail until Christ be formed in you--
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,