2 Thessalonians 3:8

New English Translation

and we did not eat anyone’s food without paying. Instead, in toil and drudgery we worked night and day in order not to burden any of you.

Cross References

2 Kings 6:2

Let’s go to the Jordan. Each of us will get a log from there and we will build a meeting place for ourselves there.” He said, “Go.”

Nehemiah 5:18

Every day one ox, six select sheep, and some birds were prepared for me, and every ten days all kinds of wine in abundance. Despite all this I did not require the food allotted to the governor, for the work was demanding on this people.

Proverbs 31:27

She watches over the ways of her household, and does not eat the bread of idleness.

Matthew 6:11

Give us today our daily bread,

Acts 18:3

and because he worked at the same trade, he stayed with them and worked with them (for they were tentmakers by trade).

Acts 20:34

You yourselves know that these hands of mine provided for my needs and the needs of those who were with me.

1 Corinthians 4:12

We do hard work, toiling with our own hands. When we are verbally abused, we respond with a blessing, when persecuted, we endure,

1 Corinthians 9:4

Do we not have the right to financial support?

2 Corinthians 11:27

in hard work and toil, through many sleepless nights, in hunger and thirst, many times without food, in cold and without enough clothing.

2 Corinthians 11:9

When I was with you and was in need, I was not a burden to anyone, for the brothers who came from Macedonia fully supplied my needs. I kept myself from being a burden to you in any way, and will continue to do so.

Ephesians 4:28

The one who steals must steal no longer; rather he must labor, doing good with his own hands, so that he may have something to share with the one who has need.

1 Thessalonians 2:9

For you recall, brothers and sisters, our toil and drudgery: By working night and day so as not to impose a burden on any of you, we preached to you the gospel of God.

1 Thessalonians 4:11

to aspire to lead a quiet life, to attend to your own business, and to work with your hands, as we commanded you.

2 Thessalonians 3:12

Now such people we command and urge in the Lord Jesus Christ to work quietly and so provide their own food to eat.