2 Thessalonians 3:8
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Neither did we eat any man’s bread for nought; but wrought with labour and travail night and day, that we might not be chargeable to any of you:nor did we eat anyone’s food without paying for it. Instead, in labor and toil, we worked night and day so that we would not be a burden to any of you.
In other translations
Neither did we eat any man’s bread for nought; but wrought with labour and travail night and day, that we might not be chargeable to any of you:nor did we eat anyone’s food without paying for it. Instead, in labor and toil, we worked night and day so that we would not be a burden to any of you.
Greek words
οὐδὲoudenorG3761δωρεὰνdōreanwithout paymentG1432ἄρτονartonbreadG740ἐφάγομενephagomendid we eatG5315παράparafromG3844τινος,tinosanyone,G5100ἀλλ᾽all᾽butG235ἐνeninG1722κόπῳkopōlaborG2873καὶkaiandG2532μόχθῳmochthōhardshipG3449νυκτὸςnuktosnightG3571καὶkaiandG2532ἡμέραςhēmerasdayG2250ἐργαζόμενοιergazomenoiworkingG2038πρὸςprosin orderG4314τὸto<the>G3588μὴmēnotG3361ἐπιβαρῆσαίepibarēsaito be burdensome toG1912τιναtinaanyG5100ὑμῶν·humōnof you;G4771
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Related verses
- Matthew 6:11Give us this day our daily bread.Give us this day our daily bread.
- 1 Thessalonians 2:9For ye remember, brethren, our labour and travail: for labouring night and day, because we would not be chargeable unto any of you, we preached unto you the gospel of God.Surely you recall, brothers, our labor and toil. We worked night and day so that we would not be a burden to anyone while we proclaimed to you the gospel of God.
- Ephesians 4:28Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.He who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work, doing good with his own hands, that he may have something to share with the one in need.
- Acts 18:3And because he was of the same craft, he abode with them, and wrought: for by their occupation they were tentmakers.and he stayed and worked with them because they were tentmakers by trade, just as he was.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:11And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;and to aspire to live quietly, to attend to your own matters, and to work with your own hands, as we instructed you.
- 1 Corinthians 4:12And labour, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it:We work hard with our own hands. When we are vilified, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure it;
- 2 Thessalonians 3:12Now them that are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.We command and urge such people by our Lord Jesus Christ to begin working quietly to earn their own living.
- Proverbs 31:27She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness.She watches over the affairs of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness.
- 2 Corinthians 11:9And when I was present with you, and wanted, I was chargeable to no man: for that which was lacking to me the brethren which came from Macedonia supplied: and in all things I have kept myself from being burdensome unto you, and so will I keep myself.And when I was with you and in need, I was not a burden to anyone; for the brothers who came from Macedonia supplied my needs. I have refrained from being a burden to you in any way, and I will continue to do so.
- Acts 20:34Yea, ye yourselves know, that these hands have ministered unto my necessities, and to them that were with me.You yourselves know that these hands of mine have ministered to my own needs and those of my companions.
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