1 Thessalonians 2:8

Being affectionately desirous [ο μ ε ι ρ ο μ ε ν ο ι]. N. T. o. Once in LXX, Job 3:21. The figure of the nursing mother is continued. She is not satisfied with nursing the child, but interests herself affectionately in all that concerns it.

We were willing [η υ δ ο κ ο υ μ ε ν]. Better, we were pleased. Imperfect tense : we continued to entertain and manifest our affectionate solicitude. The verb occasionally in later Greek, and often in LXX In N. T. it is used of God's decrees, as Luke 12:32; 1 Corinthians 1:21; Galatians 1:15; Colossians 1:19; and of the free determination and plans of men, as Romans 14:26; 2 Corinthians 5:8; 1 Thessalonians 3:1.

Souls [ψ υ χ α ς]. Better lives. See on Romans 11:3; 1 Corinthians 14:45; Mark 12:30.