2 Thessalonians 3:8

Easy To Read Version

And when we ate another person’s food, we always paid for it. We worked and worked so that we would not be trouble to any of you. We worked night and day.

Cross References

2 Kings 6:2

Let’s go to the Jordan River {and cut some wood}. Each of us will get a log and we will build us a place to live there.”

Nehemiah 5:18

Every day I fixed this much food for the people that ate at my table: one cow, six good sheep, and different kinds of birds. And every ten days all kinds of wine were brought to my table. Yet, I never demanded the food that was allowed for the governor. \{I never forced the people to pay those taxes to pay for my food.\} I knew that the work the people were doing was very hard.

Proverbs 31:27

She is never lazy.\par She takes care of the things in her house.\par

Matthew 6:11

Give us the food we need for each day.\par

Acts 18:3

They were tentmakers, the same as Paul. So Paul stayed with them and worked with them.

Acts 20:34

You know that I always worked to take care of my own needs and the needs of the people that were with me.

1 Corinthians 4:12

We work hard with our own hands \{to feed ourselves\}. People curse us, but we speak a blessing for them. People persecute {\cf2\super [26]} us, and we accept it.

1 Corinthians 9:4

We have the right to eat and drink, don’t we?

2 Corinthians 11:27

I have done hard and tiring work, and many times I did not sleep. I have been hungry and thirsty. Many times I have been without food. I have been cold and without clothes.

2 Corinthians 11:9

If I needed something when I was with you, I did not trouble any of you. The brothers who came from Macedonia gave me all that I needed. I did not allow myself to be a burden to you in any way. And I will never be a burden to you.

Ephesians 4:28

If a person is stealing, he must stop stealing. That person must start working. He must use his hands for doing something good. Then he will have something to share with those people who are poor.

1 Thessalonians 2:9

Brothers and sisters, I know that you remember how hard we worked. We worked night and day. We did not want to burden you \{by making you pay us\} while we did the work of telling God’s Good News to you.

1 Thessalonians 4:11

Do all you can to live a peaceful life. Take care of your own business. Do your own work. We have already told you to do these things.

2 Thessalonians 3:12

We command those people to stop bothering other people. We command them to work and earn their own food. In the Lord Jesus Christ we beg them to do this.