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

To persons of that sort our injunction--and our command by the authority of the Lord Jesus Christ--is that they are to work quietly and eat their own honestly-earned bread.

give us to-day our bread for the day;

But

and because he was of the same trade--that of tent-maker--he lodged with them and worked with them.

You yourselves know that these hands of mine have provided for my own necessities and for the people with me.

Homes we have none. Wearily we toil, working with our own hands. When reviled, we bless; when persecuted, we bear it patiently;

And when I was with you and my resources failed, there was no one to whom I became a burden--for the brethren when they came from Macedonia fully supplied my wants--and I kept myself from being in the least a burden to you, and will do so still.

and to vie with one another in eagerness for peace, every one minding his own business and working with his hands, as we ordered you to do: