nor provisions for the journey, nor two tunics, nor shoes, nor a staff. For the laborer deserves his portion.
2 Thessalonians 3:9 - Catholic Public Domain Version It was not as if we had no authority, but this was so that we might present ourselves as an example to you, in order to imitate us. 更多版本King James Version (Oxford) 1769 not because we have not power, but to make ourselves an ensample unto you to follow us. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition [It was] not because we do not have a right [to such support], but [we wished] to make ourselves an example for you to follow. American Standard Version (1901) not because we have not the right, but to make ourselves an ensample unto you, that ye should imitate us. Common English Bible We did this to give you an example to imitate, not because we didn’t have a right to insist on financial support. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Not as if we had not power: but that we might give ourselves a pattern unto you, to imitate us. English Standard Version 2016 It was not because we do not have that right, but to give you in ourselves an example to imitate. |
nor provisions for the journey, nor two tunics, nor shoes, nor a staff. For the laborer deserves his portion.
For I have given you an example, so that just as I have done for you, so also should you do.
And let him who is being taught the Word discuss it with him who is teaching it to him, in every good way.
For you yourselves know the manner in which you ought to imitate us. For we were not disorderly among you.
For you have been called to this because Christ also suffered for us, leaving you an example, so that you would follow in his footsteps.
not so as to dominate by means of the clerical state, but so as to be formed into a flock from the heart.