2 Thessalonians 3:8

James Moffatt - New Testament

we did not take free meals from anyone; no, toiling hard at our trade, we worked night and day, so as not to be a burden to any of you.

Cross References

Matthew 6:11

give us to-day our bread for the morrow,

1 Thessalonians 2:9

Brothers, you recollect our hard labour and toil, how we worked at our trade night and day, when we preached the gospel to you, so as not to be a burden to any of you.

Acts 18:3

and as he belonged to the same trade he stayed with them and they all worked together. (They were workers in leather by trade.)

1 Thessalonians 4:11

also, endeavour to live quietly, attend to your own business, and — as we charged you — work with your hands,

Ephesians 4:28

Let the thief steal no more; rather let him work and put his hands to an honest task, so as to have something to contribute to the needy.

1 Corinthians 4:12

we work hard for our living; when reviled, we bless; when persecuted, we put up with it;

2 Thessalonians 3:12

Now in the Lord Jesus Christ we charge and exhort such persons to keep quiet, to do their work and earn their own living.

2 Corinthians 11:9

even when I ran short, during my stay with you, I was no encumbrance to anybody, for the brothers who came from Macedonia supplied my wants. Thus I kept myself, as I intend to keep myself, from being a burden to you in any way.

Acts 20:34

you know yourselves how these hands of mine provided everything for my own needs and for my companions.

1 Corinthians 9:4

Have we no right to eat and drink at the expense of the churches?

2 Corinthians 11:27

through labour and hardship, through many a sleepless night, through hunger and thirst, starving many a time, cold and ill-clad, and all the rest of it.