2 Thessalonians 3:8-9

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8} we did not eat^(A) anyone’s food^(a) free of charge;^(B) instead, we labored^(C) and struggled,^(D) working^(E) night and day, so that we would not be a burden^(F) to any of you. ^{Tools
9} It is not that we don’t have the right^(G) to support, but we did it to make ourselves an example to you so that you would imitate^(H) us.

Footnotes:

a. 2 Thessalonians 3:8: Or bread

Cross references:

A. 2 Thessalonians 3:8: 1 Corinthians 10:25

B. 2 Thessalonians 3:8: 1 Thessalonians 2:7

C. 2 Thessalonians 3:8: Revelation 14:13

D. 2 Thessalonians 3:8: 2 Corinthians 11:27; 1 Thessalonians 2:9

E. 2 Thessalonians 3:8: Acts 18:3; Ephesians 4:28; 2 John 1:8

F. 2 Thessalonians 3:8: 2 Corinthians 2:5; 1 Thessalonians 2:9

G. 2 Thessalonians 3:9: Mark 1:22; Acts 9:14; Romans 13:1; 1 Corinthians 9:4-14

H. 2 Thessalonians 3:9: Hebrews 8:5