Thalpo expresses tender care, pictured in care for one’s own children and one’s own body.

The two occurrences show a single use of tender care: care compared with a nursing mother’s treatment of her children and with a person’s treatment of his own body.

1. Tender care in intimate comparison · dominant

   In 1 Thessalonians 2:7, the present active subjunctive form occurs in a comparison with a nursing mother and her own children; the APB renders the clause “as a nursing mother cares for her own children.” In Ephesians 5:29, the present active indicative form occurs in the statement that no one hates his own flesh; the APB renders the surrounding contrast “but nourishes and cares for it.”

   1 Thessalonians 2:7Ephesians 5:29

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB uses “cares for” in both verses, once for a nursing mother and once for a person’s own flesh. This repeated wording confirms the verses’ overall presentation rather than isolating the term precisely.