2 Thessalonians 3:8

nor gratuitously eat bread beside of{anyone}; contrariwise, in to{toil} and to{excruciation} night and day work-izing-selves toward the not to-weight-upon anyone of{you},

Garth's Hyper-literal Translation

In The King James Version

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:

In Context

7for same[you] have-beheld how it-is-necessitating to-be-imitating us, that we-do_not_unset/disorder/de-stable in to{you},

9not that we-are_not_having authority; contrariwise, in-which-place we-may-give sameselves imprint/replica/type to{you} into the to-be-imitating us,

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Cross References

Matthew 6:11Give to{us} today the bread of{us}, the upon-substance,

Acts 20:34Same[you] are-knowing that to{the needs} of{me} and to{the being} alongside of{emphatically-me} the same hands subordinate.

2 Corinthians 11:9and being-aside/beside/present toward you and deficient-ed, I-do_not_numb-down[i.e. become dead weight] of{not-one}, for the brothers come[ing] from of{Macedonia} fill-full-up/anew-toward the deficient/lack-effect of{me}, and in to{every[thing]} I-keep myself without-weight/burden to{you}, and I-will-keep.

1 Thessalonians 2:9for you-are-remembering, brothers, the toil of{us} and the excruciation, of{night} and of{day}. Work-izing-selves toward the not to-weight-upon any of{you}, we-proclaim into you the good-message of{the God},

2 Thessalonians 3:12Moreover, to{the to-whom-the-same} we-are-messaging-aside and are-calling-aside in to{[the] Lord Jesus Anointed}, in-which-place alongside of{quiet-ia}, work-izing-selves, they-may-be-eating the bread of{sameselves}.

Matthew Henry on 2 Thessalonians 3:7-16

Cautions to the Disorderly. ( a. d. 52.) 6 Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which he received of us. 7 For yourselves know how ye ought to follow us: for we behaved not ourselves disorderly among you; 8 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: 9 Not because we have not power, but… Read the whole commentary →

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