1 Thessalonians 2:9

New Century Version

Brothers and sisters, I know you remember our hard work and difficulties. We worked night and day so we would not burden any of you while we preached God’s Good News to you.

Cross References

2 Kings 6:2

Let’s go to the Jordan River. There everyone can get a log, and let’s build a place there to live.” Elisha said, “Go.”

Nehemiah 5:15

But the governors before me had placed a heavy load on the people. They took about one pound of silver from each person, along with food and wine. The governors’ helpers before me also controlled the people, but I did not do that, because I feared God.

Nehemiah 5:18

This is what was prepared every day: one ox, six good sheep, and birds. And every ten days there were all kinds of wine. But I never demanded the food that was due a governor, because the people were already working very hard.

Psalm 32:4

Day and night you punished me. My strength was gone as in the summer heat.Selah

Psalm 88:1

Lord, you are the God who saves me. I cry out to you day and night.

Proverbs 31:18

She knows that what she makes is good. Her lamp burns late into the night.

Jeremiah 9:1

I wish my head were like a spring of water and my eyes like a fountain of tears! Then I could cry day and night for my people who have been killed.

Luke 18:7

God will always give what is right to his people who cry to him night and day, and he will not be slow to answer them.

Luke 2:37

Then her husband died, and she was a widow for eighty-four years. Anna never left the Temple but worshiped God, going without food and praying day and night.

Acts 18:3

Because they were tentmakers, just as he was, he stayed with them and worked with them.

Acts 20:24

I don’t care about my own life. The most important thing is that I complete my mission, the work that the Lord Jesus gave me—to tell people the Good News about God’s grace.

Acts 20:31

So be careful! Always remember that for three years, day and night, I never stopped warning each of you, and I often cried over you.

Romans 1:1

From Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus. God called me to be an apostle and chose me to tell the Good News.

Romans 15:16

to be a minister of Christ Jesus to those who are not Jews. I served God by teaching his Good News, so that the non-Jewish people could be an offering that God would accept—an offering made holy by the Holy Spirit.

Romans 15:19

because of the power of miracles and the great things they saw, and because of the power of the Holy Spirit. I preached the Good News from Jerusalem all the way around to Illyricum, and so I have finished that part of my work.

1 Corinthians 4:12

We work hard with our own hands for our food. When people curse us, we bless them. When they hurt us, we put up with it.

1 Corinthians 9:15

But I have not used any of these rights. And I am not writing this now to get anything from you. I would rather die than to have my reason for bragging taken away.

1 Corinthians 9:18

So what reward do I get? This is my reward: that when I tell the Good News I can offer it freely. I do not use my full rights in my work of preaching the Good News.

1 Corinthians 9:4

Do we not have the right to eat and drink?

2 Corinthians 11:27

I have done hard and tiring work, and many times I did not sleep. I have been hungry and thirsty, and 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 depend on you in any way, and I will never depend on you.

2 Corinthians 6:5

We are beaten and thrown into prison. We meet those who become upset with us and start riots. We work hard, and sometimes we get no sleep or food.

Philippians 4:16

Several times you sent me things I needed when I was in Thessalonica.

1 Thessalonians 1:3

We continually recall before God our Father the things you have done because of your faith and the work you have done because of your love. And we thank him that you continue to be strong because of your hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.

1 Thessalonians 2:2

Before we came to you, we suffered in Philippi. People there insulted us, as you know, and many people were against us. But our God helped us to be brave and to tell you his Good News.

1 Thessalonians 2:6

We were not looking for human praise, from you or anyone else,

1 Thessalonians 3:10

Night and day we continue praying with all our heart that we can see you again and give you all the things you need to make your faith strong.

1 Timothy 1:11

That teaching is part of the Good News of the blessed God that he gave me to tell.

1 Timothy 4:10

This is why we work and struggle: We hope in the living God who is the Savior of all people, especially of those who believe.

1 Timothy 5:5

The true widow, who is all alone, puts her hope in God and continues to pray night and day for God’s help.

2 Timothy 1:3

I thank God as I always mention you in my prayers, day and night. I serve him, doing what I know is right as my ancestors did.