2 Thessalonians 3:9 | |
NASB: not because we do not have the right [to this], but in order to offer ourselves as a model for you, so that you would follow our example. (NASB ©1995) GWT: It's not as though we didn't have a right to receive support. Rather, we wanted to set an example for you to follow. (GOD'S WORD®) KJV: Not because we have not power, but to make ourselves an ensample unto you to follow us. ASV: not because we have not the right, but to make ourselves and ensample unto you, that ye should imitate us. BBE: Not because we have not the right, but to make ourselves an example to you, so that you might do the same. DBY: not that we have not the right, but that we might give ourselves as an example to you, in order to your imitating us. WEY: This was not because we had not a claim upon you, but it arose from a desire to set you an example--for you to imitate us. WBS: Not because we have not power, but to make ourselves a pattern to you to follow us. WEB: not because we don't have the right, but to make ourselves an example to you, that you should imitate us. YLT: not because we have not authority, but that ourselves a pattern we might give to you, to imitate us; | |
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