2 Thessalonians 3:8

Bishops' Bible (1568)

Neither toke we breade of any man for nought: but wrought with labour and sweat nyght and daye, because we woulde not be chargeable to any of you.

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  • Acts 18:3 : 3 And because he was of the same craft, he abode with them, and wrought (for their craft was to make tentes)
  • 1 Thess 2:9 : 9 For ye remember brethren, our labour and trauayle. For we labouryng nyght & day, because we woulde not be chargeable vnto any of you, preached vnto you the Gospell of God.
  • 1 Thess 4:11 : 11 And that ye studie to be quiet, and to do your owne busynesse and to worke with your owne handes as we commaunded you:
  • Eph 4:28 : 28 Let hym that stole, steale no more: but let hym rather labour, workyng with his handes the thyng whiche is good, that he may geue vnto hym that needeth.
  • 2 Thess 3:12 : 12 Them that are such, we commaunde and exhort by our Lorde Iesus Christ, that they workyng in quietnesse, eate their owne breade.
  • Prov 31:27 : 27 She loketh well to the wayes of her housholde: and eateth not her bread with idlenesse.
  • Matt 6:11 : 11 Geue vs this day our dayly breade.
  • Acts 20:34 : 34 Yea, ye your selues knowe, that these handes haue ministred vnto my necessities, and to them that were with me.
  • 1 Cor 4:12 : 12 And labour, working with our owne handes. We are reuyled, and we blesse. We are persecuted, and suffer it.
  • 2 Cor 11:9 : 9 And when I was present with you, and had nede, I was chargeable to no man: for that which was lackyng vnto me, the brethren which came from Macedonia supplied, and in all thynges I haue kept my selfe so that I shoulde not be chargeable to any man, and so wyll I kepe my selfe.

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    9Not but that we had auctoritie, but to make our selues an ensample vnto you to folowe vs.

    10For when we were with you, this we warned you of: that yf any woulde not worke, the same shoulde not eate.

    11For we haue heard that there are some which walke among you inordinately, workyng not at all, but be busy bodies.

    12Them that are such, we commaunde and exhort by our Lorde Iesus Christ, that they workyng in quietnesse, eate their owne breade.

    13And ye brethren, be not weery in well doyng.

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    1For ye your selues, brethren, knowe our entraunce in vnto you, yt it was not in vayne:

    2But euen after that we had suffred before, and were shamefully entreated as ye knowe, at Philippos, we were bolde in our God, to speake vnto you the Gospell of God, in much stryuyng.

    3For our exhortation was not of deceit, neither of vncleannes, neither in guile:

    4But as it were alowed of God, to be put in credite with the Gospell: euen so we speake, not as pleasyng men, but God, which tryeth our heartes.

    5For neither at any tyme vsed we flatteryng wordes, as ye knowe, neither cloke of couetousnes, God is recorde,

    6Neither sought we prayse of men, neither of you, nor yet of others:

    7When we myght haue ben in auctoritie, as the Apostles of Christe, but we were tender among you, euen as a nource cherissheth her chyldren,

    8So, beyng tenderly affected towarde you, our good wyll was to haue dealt vnto you, not the Gospell of God only: but also our owne soules, because ye were deare vnto vs.

    9For ye remember brethren, our labour and trauayle. For we labouryng nyght & day, because we woulde not be chargeable vnto any of you, preached vnto you the Gospell of God.

    10Ye are witnesses, & God also howe holyly, and iustly, and vnblameably, we behaued our selues among you that beleue.

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    6Either only I and Barnabas haue not power this to do?

    7Who goeth a warfare any time at his owne cost? Who planteth a vineyarde, and eateth not of the fruite therof? Or who feedeth a flocke, and eateth not of the milke of the flocke?

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    7For ye your selues knowe howe ye ought to folowe vs: For we behaued not our selues inordinately among you,

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    7Dyd I sinne because I submitted my selfe, that ye myght be exalted, & because I preached to you the Gospell of God freely?

    8I robbed other Churches, takyng wages of them, to do you seruice.

    9And when I was present with you, and had nede, I was chargeable to no man: for that which was lackyng vnto me, the brethren which came from Macedonia supplied, and in all thynges I haue kept my selfe so that I shoulde not be chargeable to any man, and so wyll I kepe my selfe.

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    11Euen vnto this time we both hunger and thirste, and are naked, and are buffeted, and haue no certaine dwellyng place.

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    11If we haue sowen vnto you spirituall thinges, is it a great thing if we reape your carnall thinges?

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    20For this we eschewe, that any man shoulde rebuke vs in this plenteous distribution that is ministred by vs:

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    11And that ye studie to be quiet, and to do your owne busynesse and to worke with your owne handes as we commaunded you:

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    10Praying nyght and daye exceedyngly to see you personally, and repayre the wantynges of your fayth?