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2 Thessalonians 3:7-9
New English Translation
2 Thessalonians 3:7-9
New English Translation
7 For you know yourselves how you must imitate us, because we did not behave without discipline[a] among you, 8 and we did not eat anyone’s food without paying.[b] Instead, in toil and drudgery we worked[c] night and day in order not to burden any of you. 9 It was not because we do not have that right, but to give ourselves as an example for you to imitate.[d]
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- 2 Thessalonians 3:7 tn This is the verbal form of the words occurring in vv. 6 and 11, meaning “to act out of line, in an unruly way.”
- 2 Thessalonians 3:8 tn Grk “we did not eat bread freely from anyone.”
- 2 Thessalonians 3:8 tn Grk “but working,” as a continuation of the previous sentence. Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started with the word “Instead” in the translation.
- 2 Thessalonians 3:9 tn Grk “an example for you to imitate us.”
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