Isa 40:11, 1Cor 13:4-7, 2Cor 10:1, Gal 5:22-23, Eph 5:9, 1Th 2:7 | ESV | STEP | He will tend his flock like a shepherd ; he will gather the lambs in his arms ; he will carry them in his bosom , and gently lead those that are with young .

n[See ver. 4 above]

oSee Rom. 12:1

p Zech. 9:9; Matt. 11:29; Phil. 2:7, 8

q[Rom. 7:4; 8:5; Eph. 5:9]

rSee Rom. 5:1-5; Col. 3:12-17

w[Gal. 5:22]; See Rom. 7:4

x 2 Tim. 2:24; [1 Cor. 14:20]

z[ver. 11; Isa. 49:23; 60:16]

Isaiah 40:11

11 ^aHe will tend his flock like a shepherd;
^bhe will gather the lambs in his arms;
^che will carry them in his bosom,
and gently lead those that are with young.

1 Corinthians 13:4-7

4 ^dLove is patient and ^ekind; love ^fdoes not envy or boast; it ^gis not arrogant 5 or rude. It ^hdoes not insist on its own way; it ⁱis not irritable or resentful; ^{▼▼Greek irritable and does not count up wrongdoing} 6 it ^kdoes not rejoice at wrongdoing, but ^lrejoices with the truth. 7 ^mLove bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, ⁿendures all things.

2 Corinthians 10:1

Paul Defends His Ministry

1 ^oI, Paul, myself entreat you, by the ^pmeekness and gentleness of Christ—I who am humble when face to face with you, but bold toward you when I am away!—

Galatians 5:22-23

22 But ^qthe fruit of the Spirit is ^rlove, joy, peace, patience, ^skindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 ^tgentleness, ^uself-control; ^vagainst such things there is no law.

Ephesians 5:9

9 (for ^wthe fruit of light is found in all that is good and right and true),

1 Thessalonians 2:7

7 But we were ^xgentle ^{▼▼Some manuscripts infants} among you, ^zlike a nursing mother taking care of her own children.