2 Thessalonians 3:8

American Standard Version (1901)

neither did we eat bread for nought at any man's hand, but in labor and travail, working night and day, that we might not burden any of you:

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  • Acts 18:3 : 3 and because he was of the same trade, he abode with them, and they wrought, for by their trade they were tentmakers.
  • 1 Thess 2:9 : 9 For ye remember, brethren, our labor and travail: working night and day, that we might not burden any of you, we preached unto you the gospel of God.
  • 1 Thess 4:11 : 11 and that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your hands, even as we charged you;
  • Eph 4:28 : 28 Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labor, working with his hands the thing that is good, that he may have whereof to give to him that hath need.
  • 2 Thess 3:12 : 12 Now them that are such we command and exhort in the Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.
  • Prov 31:27 : 27 She looketh well to the ways of her household, And eateth not the bread of idleness.
  • Matt 6:11 : 11 Give us this day our daily bread.
  • Acts 20:34 : 34 Ye yourselves know that these hands ministered unto my necessities, and to them that were with me.
  • 1 Cor 4:12 : 12 and we toil, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we endure;
  • 2 Cor 11:9 : 9 and when I was present with you and was in want, I was not a burden on any man; for the brethren, when they came from Macedonia, supplied the measure of my want; and in everything I kept myself from being burdensome unto you, and [so] will I keep [myself] .

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  • 2 Thess 3:9-13
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    9not because we have not the right, but to make ourselves an ensample unto you, that ye should imitate us.

    10For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, If any will not work, neither let him eat.

    11For we hear of some that walk among you disorderly, that work not at all, but are busybodies.

    12Now them that are such we command and exhort in the Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.

    13But ye, brethren, be not weary in well-doing.

  • 1 Thess 2:1-10
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    1For yourselves, brethren, know our entering in unto you, that it hath not been found vain:

    2but having suffered before and been shamefully treated, as ye know, at Philippi, we waxed bold in our God to speak unto you the gospel of God in much conflict.

    3For our exhortation [is] not of error, nor of uncleanness, nor in guile:

    4but even as we have been approved of God to be intrusted with the gospel, so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God who proveth our hearts.

    5For neither at any time were we found using words of flattery, as ye know, nor a cloak of covetousness, God is witness;

    6nor seeking glory of men, neither from you nor from others, when we might have claimed authority as apostles of Christ.

    7But we were gentle in the midst of you, as when a nurse cherisheth her own children:

    8even so, being affectionately desirous of you, we were well pleased to impart unto you, not the gospel of God only, but also our own souls, because ye were become very dear to us.

    9For ye remember, brethren, our labor and travail: working night and day, that we might not burden any of you, we preached unto you the gospel of God.

    10Ye are witnesses, and God [also], how holily and righteously and unblameably we behaved ourselves toward you that believe:

  • 1 Cor 9:6-7
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    6Or I only and Barnabas, have we not a right to forbear working?

    7What soldier ever serveth at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not the fruit thereof? Or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock?

  • 2 Thess 3:7
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    7For yourselves know how ye ought to imitate us: for we behaved not ourselves disorderly among you;

  • 2 Cor 11:7-9
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    7Or did I commit a sin in abasing myself that ye might be exalted, because I preached to you the gospel of God for nought?

    8I robbed other churches, taking wages [of them] that I might minister unto you;

    9and when I was present with you and was in want, I was not a burden on any man; for the brethren, when they came from Macedonia, supplied the measure of my want; and in everything I kept myself from being burdensome unto you, and [so] will I keep [myself] .

  • 1 Cor 4:11-12
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    11Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwelling-place;

    12and we toil, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we endure;

  • 1 Cor 9:11-12
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    11If we sowed unto you spiritual things, is it a great matter if we shall reap your carnal things?

    12If others partake of [this] right over you, do not we yet more? Nevertheless we did not use this right; but we bear all things, that we may cause no hindrance to the gospel of Christ.

  • 2 Cor 8:20-21
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    20Avoiding this, that any man should blame us in [the matter of] this bounty which is ministered by us:

    21for we take thought for things honorable, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men.

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    13For [I say] not [this] that others may be eased [and] ye distressed;

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    4beseeching us with much entreaty in regard of this grace and the fellowship in the ministering to the saints:

    5and [this], not as we had hoped, but first they gave their own selves to the Lord, and to us through the will of God.

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    8For we would not have you ignorant, brethren, concerning our affliction which befell [us] in Asia, that we were weighed down exceedingly, beyond our power, insomuch that we despaired even of life:

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    11and that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your hands, even as we charged you;

    12that ye may walk becomingly toward them that are without, and may have need of nothing.

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    2Open your hearts to us: we wronged no man, we corrupted no man, we took advantage of no man.

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    10no wallet for [your] journey, neither two coats, nor shoes, nor staff: for the laborer is worthy of his food.

  • 1 Cor 9:4
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    4Have we no right to eat and to drink?

  • Acts 20:33-34
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    33I coveted no man's silver, or gold, or apparel.

    34Ye yourselves know that these hands ministered unto my necessities, and to them that were with me.

  • 1 Thess 1:3
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    3remembering without ceasing your work of faith and labor of love and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father;

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    9For we are God's fellow-workers: ye are God's husbandry, God's building.

  • 2 Cor 1:24
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    24Not that we have lordship over your faith, but are helpers of your joy: for in faith ye stand fast.

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    5For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake.

  • 2 Cor 11:27
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    27[ in] labor and travail, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.

  • 1 Thess 1:5
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    5how that our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Spirit, and [in] much assurance; even as ye know what manner of men we showed ourselves toward you for your sake.

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    8I speak not by way of commandment, but as proving through the earnestness of others the sincerity also of your love.

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    3giving no occasion of stumbling in anything, that our ministration be not blamed;

    4but in everything commending ourselves, as ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,

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    18What then is my reward? That, when I preach the gospel, I may make the gospel without charge, so as not to use to the full my right in the gospel.

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    4For verily, when we were with you, we told you beforehand that we are to suffer affliction; even as it came to pass, and ye know.

  • 1 Thess 3:10
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    10night and day praying exceedingly that we may see your face, and may perfect that which is lacking in your faith?