1 Thessalonians 2:9

New International Reader's Version

Brothers and sisters, I am sure you remember how hard we worked. We labored night and day while we preached to you God’s good news. We didn’t want to cause you any expense.

Cross References

2 Kings 6:2

We would like to go to the Jordan River. Each of us can get some wood there. We want to build a place there for us to meet.” Elisha said, “Go.”

Nehemiah 5:15

But there had been governors before me. They had put a heavy load on the people. They had taken a pound of silver from each of them. They had also taken food and wine from them. Their officials had acted like high and mighty rulers over them. But because of my great respect for God, I didn’t act like that.

Nehemiah 5:18

Each day one ox, six of the best sheep and some birds were prepared for me. Every ten days plenty of wine of all kinds was brought in as well. In spite of all that, I never asked for the food that was provided for my table. That’s because the people were already paying too many taxes.

Psalm 32:4

Day and night you punished me. I became weaker and weaker as I do in the heat of summer.

Psalm 88:1

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

Proverbs 31:18

She sees that her trading earns a lot of money. Her lamp doesn’t go out at night.

Jeremiah 9:1

I wish my head were a spring of water! I wish my eyes were a fountain of tears! I would weep day and night for my people who have been killed.

Luke 18:7

God’s chosen people cry out to him day and night. Won’t he make things right for them? Will he keep putting them off?

Luke 2:37

Then she was a widow until she was 84. She never left the temple. She worshiped night and day, praying and going without food.

Acts 18:3

They were tentmakers, just as he was. So he stayed and worked with them.

Acts 20:24

But my life means nothing to me. My only goal is to finish the race. I want to complete the work the Lord Jesus has given me. He wants me to tell others about the good news of God’s grace.

Acts 20:31

So be on your guard! Remember that for three years I never stopped warning you. Night and day I warned each of you with tears.

Romans 1:1

I, Paul, am writing this letter. I serve Christ Jesus. I have been appointed to be an apostle. God set me apart to tell others his good news.

Romans 15:16

to serve Christ Jesus among the Gentiles. I have the duty of a priest to preach God’s good news. Then the Gentiles will become an offering that pleases God. The Holy Spirit will make the offering holy.

Romans 15:19

He has given me power to do signs and wonders. I can do these things by the power of the Spirit of God. From Jerusalem all the way around to Illyricum I have finished preaching. In those places, I preached the good news about Christ.

1 Corinthians 4:12

We work hard with our own hands. When others curse us, we bless them. When we are attacked, we put up with it.

1 Corinthians 9:15

But I haven’t used any of those rights. And I’m not writing because I hope you will do things like that for me. I would rather die than allow anyone to take away my pride in my work.

1 Corinthians 9:18

Then what reward do I get? Here is what it is. I am able to preach the good news free of charge. And I can do this without using all my rights as a person who preaches the good news.

1 Corinthians 9:4

Don’t we have the right to eat and drink?

2 Corinthians 11:27

I have worked very hard. Often I have gone without sleep. I have been hungry and thirsty. Often I have gone without food. I have been cold and naked.

2 Corinthians 11:9

When I was with you and needed something, I didn’t cause you any expense. The believers who came from Macedonia gave me what I needed. I haven’t caused you any expense at all. And I won’t ever do it.

2 Corinthians 6:5

We don’t give up when we are beaten or put in prison. When people stir up trouble in the streets, we continue to serve God. We work hard for him. We go without sleep and food.

Philippians 4:16

Even when I was in Thessalonica, you sent me help when I needed it. And you did it more than once.

1 Thessalonians 1:3

We remember you when we pray to our God and Father. Your work is produced by your faith. Your service is the result of your love. Your strength to continue comes from your hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.

1 Thessalonians 2:2

You know what happened earlier in the city of Philippi. We suffered, and people treated us very badly there. But God gave us the boldness to tell you his good news. We preached to you even when people strongly opposed us.

1 Thessalonians 2:6

We were not expecting people to praise us. We were not looking for praise from you or anyone else. Yet as Christ’s apostles, we could have used our authority over you.

1 Thessalonians 3:10

Night and day we pray very hard that we will see you again. We want to give you what is missing in your faith.

1 Timothy 1:11

True teaching agrees with the good news about the glory of the blessed God. He trusted me with that good news.

1 Timothy 4:10

This is why we work and try so hard. It’s because we have put our hope in the living God. He is the Savior of all people. Most of all, he is the Savior of those who believe.

1 Timothy 5:5

A widow who really needs help and is left all alone puts her hope in God. Night and day she keeps on praying. Night and day she asks God for help.

2 Timothy 1:3

I thank God, whom I serve as did our people of long ago. I serve God, knowing that what I have done is right. Night and day I thank God for you. Night and day I always remember you in my prayers.