2 Thessalonians 3:8

Geneva Bible (1560)

Neither tooke we bread of any man for nought: but we wrought with labour and trauaile night and day, because we would not be chargeable to any of you.

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  • Acts 18:3 : 3 And because hee was of the same crafte, he abode with them and wrought (for their crafte was to make tentes.)
  • 1 Thess 2:9 : 9 For ye remember, brethren, our labour and trauaile: for we laboured day & night, because we would not be chargeable vnto any of you, and preached vnto you the Gospel of God.
  • 1 Thess 4:11 : 11 And that ye studie to be quiet, & to meddle with your owne busines, and to worke with your owne handes, as we commaunded you,
  • Eph 4:28 : 28 Let him that stole, steale no more: but let him rather labour, and worke with his handes the thing which is good, that hee may haue to giue vnto him that needeth.
  • 2 Thess 3:12 : 12 Therefore them that are such, we warne and exhort by our Lord Iesus Christ, that they worke with quietnes, and eate their owne bread.
  • Prov 31:27 : 27 She ouerseeth the wayes of her housholde, and eateth not the bread of ydlenes.
  • Matt 6:11 : 11 Giue vs this day our dayly bread.
  • Acts 20:34 : 34 Yea, ye 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 reuiled, and yet we blesse: we are persecuted, and suffer it.
  • 2 Cor 11:9 : 9 And when I was present with you, and had neede, I was not slouthfull to the hinderance of any man: for that which was lacking vnto me, the brethre which came from Macedonia, supplied, and in all thinges I kept and will keepe my selfe, that I should not be grieuous to you.

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    9Not because we haue not authoritie, but that we might make our selues an ensample vnto you to follow vs.

    10For euen when we were with you, this we warned you of, that if there were any, which would not worke, that he should not eate.

    11For we heare, that there are some which walke among you inordinately, and worke not at all, but are busie bodies.

    12Therefore them that are such, we warne and exhort by our Lord Iesus Christ, that they worke with quietnes, and eate their owne bread.

    13And ye, brethren, be not weary in well doing.

  • 1 Thess 2:1-10
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    1For ye your selues knowe, brethren, that our entrance in vnto you was not in vaine,

    2But euen after that we had suffered before, and were shamefully entreated at Philippi, (as ye knowe) we were bolde in our God, to speake vnto you the Gospell of God with much striuing.

    3For our exhortation was not by deceite, nor by vncleannes, nor by guile.

    4But as we were allowed of God, that the Gospel should be committed vnto vs, so we speake, not as they that please men, but God, which approoueth our hearts.

    5Neither yet did we euer vse flattering wordes, as ye knowe, nor coloured couetousnes, God is recorde.

    6Neither sought we prayse of men, neither of you, nor of others, when we might haue bene chargeable, as the Apostles of Christ.

    7But we were gentle among you, euen as a nource cherisheth her children.

    8Thus being affectioned toward you, our good will was to haue dealt vnto you, not the Gospel of God onely, but also our owne soules, because ye were deare vnto vs.

    9For ye remember, brethren, our labour and trauaile: for we laboured day & night, because we would not be chargeable vnto any of you, and preached vnto you the Gospel of God.

    10Ye are witnesses, and God also, how holily, and iustly, and vnblameably we behaued our selues among you that beleeue.

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    6Or I only and Barnabas, haue not we power not to worke?

    7Who goeth a warfare any time at his owne coste? who planteth a vineyarde, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flocke, and eateth not of the milke of the flocke?

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    7For ye your selues know, how ye ought to follow vs: for we behaued not our selues inordinately among you,

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    7Haue I committed an offence, because I abased my selfe, that ye might be exalted, and because I preached to you ye Gospell of God freely?

    8I robbed other Churches, and tooke wages of them to doe you seruice.

    9And when I was present with you, and had neede, I was not slouthfull to the hinderance of any man: for that which was lacking vnto me, the brethre which came from Macedonia, supplied, and in all thinges I kept and will keepe my selfe, that I should not be grieuous to you.

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    11Vnto this houre we both hunger, & thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and haue no certaine dwelling place,

    12And labour, working with our owne handes: we are reuiled, and yet we blesse: we are persecuted, and suffer it.

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

    12If others with you bee partakers of this power, are not we rather? neuerthelesse, we haue not vsed this power: but suffer all things, that we should not hinder the Gospel of Christ.

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    20Auoiding this, that no man shoulde blame vs in this aboundance that is ministred by vs,

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    13Neither is it that other men should be eased and you grieued: But vpon like condition, at this time your abundance supplieth their lacke:

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    4And praied vs with great instance that we woulde receiue the grace, and felowship of the ministring which is toward the Saints.

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    8For brethren, we woulde not haue you ignorant of our affliction, which came vnto vs in Asia, howe we were pressed out of measure passing strength, so that we altogether doubted, euen of life.

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    11And that ye studie to be quiet, & to meddle with your owne busines, and to worke with your owne handes, as we commaunded you,

    12That yee may behaue your selues honestly towarde them that are without, and that nothing be lacking vnto you.

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    2Receiue vs: we haue done wrong to no man: we haue corrupted no man: we haue defrauded no man.

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    4Haue we not power to eat & to drinke?

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    24Not that wee haue dominion ouer your faith, but wee are helpers of your ioy: for by faith yee stande.

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    5For we preach not our selues, but Christ Iesus the Lorde, and our selues your seruaunts for Iesus sake.

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    18What is my reward then? verely that when I preach the Gospel, I make the Gospel of Christ free, that I abuse not mine authoritie in ye Gospel.

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    4For verily when we were with you, we told you before that we should suffer tribulations, euen as it came to passe, and ye knowe it.

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    10Night and day, praying exceedingly that wee might see your face, and might accomplish that which is lacking in your faith?