2 Thessalonians 3:8

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We didn’t eat anyone’s food without paying for it. Instead, we worked night and day, laboring away so that we wouldn’t cause any expense to any of you.

Cross References

Matthew 6:11

Give us today our daily bread,

1 Thessalonians 2:9

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

Acts 18:3

and because they were tentmakers like him, he stayed and worked with them.

1 Thessalonians 4:11

Do everything you can to live a quiet life. You should mind your own business and work with your hands, just as we told you to.

Ephesians 4:28

Anyone who used to steal must never steal again. Instead, they should work, doing something useful with their own hands, so that they will have something to share with people in need.

1 Corinthians 4:12

We work hard with our own hands. When others curse us, we bless them. When we’re attacked, we don’t fight back.

2 Thessalonians 3:12

In the Lord Jesus Christ, we command and urge people like that to settle down and earn their own living.

2 Corinthians 11:9

When I was with you and needed something, I didn’t make you pay for it. The believers who came from Macedonia provided everything I needed. I haven’t made you pay for anything at all, and I won’t ever do that.

Acts 20:34

You yourselves know that I worked with my own hands to meet my needs and those of the people traveling with me.

1 Corinthians 9:4

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

2 Corinthians 11:27

I’ve worked very hard and often gone without sleep. I’ve been hungry and thirsty and gone without food; I’ve been cold and lacked clothes.