2 Thessalonians 3:8
neither did we eat any one's bread for nothing; but with labor and toil, working night and day, that we might not be burthensome to any of you.
1770 John Worsley NT
In The King James Version
In Context
7For ye know how ye ought to imitate us: for we were not disorderly among you;
9Not that we have not power, but that we might give ourselves as an example to you to imitate us.
Cross References
Matthew 6:11give us this day our daily bread;
Acts 20:34and ye yourselves know that these hands have ministred to my necessities, and to those that were with me.
2 Corinthians 11:9And when I was present among you, and in want, I was chargeable to no one. For the brethren that came from Macedonia supplied my want: and in every thing I have kept myself from being burdensome to you, and so I will keep myself.
1 Thessalonians 2:9For ye remember, brethren, our labor and toil; for working night and day, that we might not be burthensome to any of you, we preached among you the gospel of God.
2 Thessalonians 3:12Such we charge and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that they work quietly and earn their own bread.
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 →