1 Thessalonians 2:9

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

My dear friends, you haven't forgotten our hard work and hardships. You remember how night and day we struggled to make a living, so that we could tell you God's message without being a burden to anyone.

Cross References

2 Kings 6:2

Why don't we build a new meeting place near the River Jordan? Each of us could get some wood, then we could build it.” “That's a good idea,” Elisha replied, “get started.”

Nehemiah 5:15

Each governor before me had been a burden to the people by making them pay for his food and wine and by demanding forty silver coins a day. Even their officials had been a burden to the people. But I respected God, and I didn't think it was right to be so hard on them.

Nehemiah 5:18

Each day one ox, six of the best sheep, and lots of chickens were prepared. Then every ten days, a large supply of wine was brought in. I knew what a heavy burden this would have been for the people, and so I did not ask for my food allowance as governor.

Psalm 32:4

Night and day your hand weighed heavily on me, and my strength was gone as in the summer heat.

Psalm 88:1

You keep me safe, LORD God. So when I pray at night,

Proverbs 31:18

She knows when to buy or sell, and she stays busy until late at night.

Jeremiah 9:1

I wish that my eyes were fountains of tears, so I could cry day and night for my people who were killed.

Luke 18:7

Won't God protect his chosen ones who pray to him day and night? Won't he be concerned for them?

Luke 2:37

And now she was eighty-four years old. Night and day she served God in the temple by praying and often going without eating.

Acts 18:3

and found out that they were tent makers. Paul was a tent maker too. So he stayed with them, and they worked together.

Acts 20:24

But I don't care what happens to me, as long as I finish the work that the Lord Jesus gave me to do. And that work is to tell the good news about God's great kindness.

Acts 20:31

Be on your guard! Remember how day and night for three years I kept warning you with tears in my eyes.

Romans 1:1

From Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus. God chose me to be an apostle, and he appointed me to preach the good news

Romans 15:16

He chose me to be a servant of Christ Jesus for the Gentiles and to do the work of a priest in the service of his good news. God did this so that the Holy Spirit could make the Gentiles into a holy offering, pleasing to him.

Romans 15:19

Indeed, I will tell how Christ performed miracles and wonders by the power of the Holy Spirit. I have preached the good news about him all the way from Jerusalem to Illyricum.

1 Corinthians 4:12

We work hard with our own hands, and when people abuse us, we wish them well. When we suffer, we are patient.

1 Corinthians 9:15

But I have never used these privileges of mine, and I am not writing this because I want to start now. I would rather die than let someone rob me of the right to take pride in this.

1 Corinthians 9:18

What pay am I given? It is the chance to preach the good news free of charge and not to use the privileges that are mine because I am a preacher.

1 Corinthians 9:4

that Barnabas and I have the right to our food and drink.

2 Corinthians 11:27

I have worked and struggled and spent many sleepless nights. I have gone hungry and thirsty and often had nothing to eat. I have been cold from not having enough clothes to keep me warm.

2 Corinthians 11:9

Even when I was in need, I still didn't bother you. In fact, some of the Lord's followers from Macedonia brought me what I needed. I have not been a burden to you in the past, and I will never be a burden.

2 Corinthians 6:5

We have been beaten, put in jail, and hurt in riots. We have worked hard and have gone without sleep or food.

Philippians 4:16

Even when I was in Thessalonica, you helped me more than once.

1 Thessalonians 1:3

we tell God our Father about your faith and loving work and about your firm hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.

1 Thessalonians 2:2

As you remember, we had been ill-treated and insulted at Philippi. But God gave us the courage to tell you the good news about him, even though many people caused us trouble.

1 Thessalonians 2:6

We were not trying to get you or anyone else to praise us.

1 Thessalonians 3:10

Day and night we sincerely pray that we will see you again and help you to have an even stronger faith.

1 Timothy 1:11

of the good news that the glorious and wonderful God has given me.

1 Timothy 4:10

We have put our hope in the living God, who is the Saviour of everyone, but especially of those who have faith. That's why we work and struggle so hard.

1 Timothy 5:5

A widow who is really in need is one who doesn't have any relatives. She has faith in God, and she keeps praying to him night and day, asking for his help.

2 Timothy 1:3

Night and day I mention you in my prayers. I am always grateful for you, as I pray to the God my ancestors and I have served with a clear conscience.