2 Thessalonians 3:8

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Neither did we eat any man's bread for nought; but wrought with labour and travail night and day, that we might not be chargeable to any of you:

Eat

2 Thessalonians 3:12

Matthew 6:11

But

1 Thessalonians 4:11

Bible References

Eat

Now such persons we command and exhort in the Lord Jesus Christ to work in quiet fashion and earn their own bread to eat.

Give us this day our daily bread.

But

and because he was of the same trade he stayed with them, and they worked, for by trade they were tentmakers.

You yourselves know that these hands ministered to my own needs and to the men who were with me.

and we toil, working with our own hands. When we are reviled, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure;

And when I was with you and needed something, I was not a burden to anyone, for the brethren who came from Macedonia supplied what I needed. I have kept myself from being a burden to you in any way, and will continue to do so.

Make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, to mind your own business and to work with your hands, just as we told you,