1 Thessalonians 2:9

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For you recall, brothers and sisters, our toil and drudgery: By working night and day so as not to impose a burden on any of you, we preached to you the gospel of God.

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  • Acts 18:3 : 3 and because he worked at the same trade, he stayed with them and worked with them(for they were tentmakers by trade).
  • 2 Cor 11:9 : 9 When I was with you and was in need, I was not a burden to anyone, for the brothers who came from Macedonia fully supplied my needs. I kept myself from being a burden to you in any way, and will continue to do so.
  • 2 Thess 3:7-9 : 7 For you know yourselves how you must imitate us, because we did not behave without discipline among you, 8 and we did not eat anyone’s food without paying. Instead, in toil and drudgery we worked night and day in order not to burden any of you. 9 It was not because we do not have that right, but to give ourselves as an example for you to imitate.
  • 1 Tim 4:10 : 10 In fact this is why we work hard and struggle, because we have set our hope on the living God, who is the Savior of all people, especially of believers.
  • 1 Tim 5:5 : 5 But the widow who is truly in need, and completely on her own, has set her hope on God and continues in her pleas and prayers night and day.
  • 2 Tim 1:3 : 3 Thanksgiving and Charge to Timothy I am thankful to God, whom I have served with a clear conscience as my ancestors did, when I remember you in my prayers as I do constantly night and day.
  • 1 Tim 1:11 : 11 This accords with the glorious gospel of the blessed God that was entrusted to me.
  • 2 Cor 12:13-14 : 13 For how were you treated worse than the other churches, except that I myself was not a burden to you? Forgive me this injustice! 14 Look, for the third time I am ready to come to you, and I will not be a burden to you, because I do not want your possessions, but you. For children should not have to save up for their parents, but parents for their children.
  • Phil 4:16 : 16 For even in Thessalonica on more than one occasion you sent something for my need.
  • 1 Thess 1:3 : 3 because we recall in the presence of our God and Father your work of faith and labor of love and endurance of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.
  • 1 Thess 2:2 : 2 But although we suffered earlier and were mistreated in Philippi, as you know, we had the courage in our God to declare to you the gospel of God in spite of much opposition.
  • 1 Thess 2:6 : 6 nor to seek glory from people, either from you or from others,
  • 1 Thess 3:10 : 10 We pray earnestly night and day to see you in person and make up what may be lacking in your faith.
  • Neh 5:15 : 15 But the former governors who preceded me had burdened the people and had taken food and wine from them, in addition to forty shekels of silver. Their associates were also domineering over the people. But I did not behave in this way, due to my fear of God.
  • Neh 5:18 : 18 Every day one ox, six select sheep, and some birds were prepared for me, and every ten days all kinds of wine in abundance. Despite all this I did not require the food allotted to the governor, for the work was demanding on this people.
  • Ps 32:4 : 4 For day and night you tormented me; you tried to destroy me in the intense heat of summer.(Selah)
  • Ps 88:1 : 1 A song, a psalm written by the Korahites; for the music director; according to the machalath-leannoth style; a well-written song by Heman the Ezrachite. O LORD God who delivers me! By day I cry out and at night I pray before you.
  • Jer 9:1 : 1 (8:23) I wish that my head were a well full of water and my eyes were a fountain full of tears! If they were, I could cry day and night for those of my dear people who have been killed.
  • Luke 2:37 : 37 She had lived as a widow since then for eighty-four years. She never left the temple, worshiping with fasting and prayer night and day.
  • Luke 18:7 : 7 Won’t God give justice to his chosen ones, who cry out to him day and night? Will he delay long to help them?
  • Acts 20:24 : 24 But I do not consider my life worth anything to myself, so that I may finish my task and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the good news of God’s grace.
  • Acts 20:31 : 31 Therefore be alert, remembering that night and day for three years I did not stop warning each one of you with tears.
  • Acts 20:34-35 : 34 You yourselves know that these hands of mine provided for my needs and the needs of those who were with me. 35 By all these things, I have shown you that by working in this way we must help the weak, and remember the words of the Lord Jesus that he himself said,‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”
  • Rom 1:1 : 1 ¶ Salutation From Paul, a slave of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God.
  • Rom 15:16 : 16 to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles. I serve the gospel of God like a priest, so that the Gentiles may become an acceptable offering, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.
  • Rom 15:19 : 19 in the power of signs and wonders, in the power of the Spirit of God. So from Jerusalem even as far as Illyricum I have fully preached the gospel of Christ.
  • 1 Cor 4:12 : 12 We do hard work, toiling with our own hands. When we are verbally abused, we respond with a blessing, when persecuted, we endure,
  • 1 Cor 9:6-7 : 6 Or do only Barnabas and I lack the right not to work? 7 Who ever serves in the army at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat its fruit? Who tends a flock and does not consume its milk?
  • 1 Cor 9:15 : 15 But I have not used any of these rights. And I am not writing these things so that something will be done for me. In fact, it would be better for me to die than– no one will deprive me of my reason for boasting!
  • 1 Cor 9:18 : 18 What then is my reward? That when I preach the gospel I may offer the gospel free of charge, and so not make full use of my rights in the gospel.
  • 2 Cor 6:5 : 5 in beatings, in imprisonments, in riots, in troubles, in sleepless nights, in hunger,

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  • 2 Thess 3:7-10
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    7For you know yourselves how you must imitate us, because we did not behave without discipline among you,

    8and we did not eat anyone’s food without paying. Instead, in toil and drudgery we worked night and day in order not to burden any of you.

    9It was not because we do not have that right, but to give ourselves as an example for you to imitate.

    10For even when we were with you, we used to give you this command:“If anyone is not willing to work, neither should he eat.”

  • 1 Thess 2:1-8
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    1Paul’s Ministry in Thessalonica For you yourselves know, brothers and sisters, about our coming to you– it has not proven to be purposeless.

    2But although we suffered earlier and were mistreated in Philippi, as you know, we had the courage in our God to declare to you the gospel of God in spite of much opposition.

    3For the appeal we make does not come from error or impurity or with deceit,

    4but just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, so we declare it, not to please people but God, who examines our hearts.

    5For we never appeared with flattering speech, as you know, nor with a pretext for greed– God is our witness–

    6nor to seek glory from people, either from you or from others,

    7although we could have imposed our weight as apostles of Christ; instead we became little children among you. Like a nursing mother caring for her own children,

    8with such affection for you we were happy to share with you not only the gospel of God but also our own lives, because you had become dear to us.

  • 1 Thess 2:10-11
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    10You are witnesses, and so is God, as to how holy and righteous and blameless our conduct was toward you who believe.

    11As you know, we treated each one of you as a father treats his own children,

  • 1 Thess 1:5-9
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    5in that our gospel did not come to you merely in words, but in power and in the Holy Spirit and with deep conviction(surely you recall the character we displayed when we came among you to help you).

    6And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, when you received the message with joy that comes from the Holy Spirit, despite great affliction.

    7As a result you became an example to all the believers in Macedonia and in Achaia.

    8For from you the message of the Lord has echoed forth not just in Macedonia and Achaia, but in every place reports of your faith in God have spread, so that we do not need to say anything.

    9For people everywhere report how you welcomed us and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God

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    3because we recall in the presence of our God and Father your work of faith and labor of love and endurance of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.

  • 2 Cor 11:7-9
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    7Or did I commit a sin by humbling myself so that you could be exalted, because I proclaimed the gospel of God to you free of charge?

    8I robbed other churches by receiving support from them so that I could serve you!

    9When I was with you and was in need, I was not a burden to anyone, for the brothers who came from Macedonia fully supplied my needs. I kept myself from being a burden to you in any way, and will continue to do so.

  • 2 Cor 1:8
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    8For we do not want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters, regarding the affliction that happened to us in the province of Asia, that we were burdened excessively, beyond our strength, so that we despaired even of living.

  • 1 Thess 2:17
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    17Forced Absence from Thessalonica But when we were separated from you, brothers and sisters, for a short time(in presence, not in affection) we became all the more fervent in our great desire to see you in person.

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    5For we do not proclaim ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your slaves for Jesus’ sake.

  • 2 Cor 8:4-5
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    4begging us with great earnestness for the blessing and fellowship of helping the saints.

    5And they did this not just as we had hoped, but they gave themselves first to the Lord and to us by the will of God.

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    13And so we too constantly thank God that when you received God’s message that you heard from us, you accepted it not as a human message, but as it truly is, God’s message, which is at work among you who believe.

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    9For how can we thank God enough for you, for all the joy we feel because of you before our God?

    10We pray earnestly night and day to see you in person and make up what may be lacking in your faith.

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    12Paul Defends His Changed Plans For our reason for confidence is this: the testimony of our conscience, that with pure motives and sincerity which are from God– not by human wisdom but by the grace of God– we conducted ourselves in the world, and all the more toward you.

  • 2 Cor 10:14
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    14For we were not overextending ourselves, as though we did not reach as far as you, because we were the first to reach as far as you with the gospel about Christ.

  • 1 Thess 3:4-5
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    4For in fact when we were with you, we were telling you in advance that we would suffer affliction, and so it has happened, as you well know.

    5So when I could bear it no longer, I sent to find out about your faith, for fear that the tempter somehow tempted you and our toil had proven useless.

  • 1 Cor 9:6
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    6Or do only Barnabas and I lack the right not to work?

  • 1 Cor 9:12
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    12If others receive this right from you, are we not more deserving?But we have not made use of this right. Instead we endure everything so that we may not be a hindrance to the gospel of Christ.

  • 1 Cor 9:18
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    18What then is my reward? That when I preach the gospel I may offer the gospel free of charge, and so not make full use of my rights in the gospel.

  • 1 Thess 3:1-2
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    1So when we could bear it no longer, we decided to stay on in Athens alone.

    2We sent Timothy, our brother and fellow worker for God in the gospel of Christ, to strengthen you and encourage you about your faith,

  • 1 Cor 3:9
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    9We are coworkers belonging to God. You are God’s field, God’s building.

  • 1 Thess 3:7
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    7So in all our distress and affliction, we were reassured about you, brothers and sisters, through your faith.

  • 2 Cor 8:20
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    20We did this as a precaution so that no one should blame us in regard to this generous gift we are administering.

  • 2 Cor 1:24
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    24I do not mean that we rule over your faith, but we are workers with you for your joy, because by faith you stand firm.

  • 1 Thess 4:1-2
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    1A Life Pleasing to God Finally then, brothers and sisters, we ask you and urge you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received instruction from us about how you must live and please God(as you are in fact living) that you do so more and more.

    2For you know what commands we gave you through the Lord Jesus.

  • 2 Cor 5:12
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    12We are not trying to commend ourselves to you again, but are giving you an opportunity to be proud of us, so that you may be able to answer those who take pride in outward appearance and not in what is in the heart.

  • 1 Cor 4:12
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    12We do hard work, toiling with our own hands. When we are verbally abused, we respond with a blessing, when persecuted, we endure,

  • 2 Cor 10:16
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    16so that we may preach the gospel in the regions that lie beyond you, and not boast of work already done in another person’s area.

  • 2 Cor 12:19
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    19Have you been thinking all this time that we have been defending ourselves to you? We are speaking in Christ before God, and everything we do, dear friends, is to build you up.