1 Thessalonians 2:9 Parallel Translations

You remember, brothers and sisters, our work and what we did to earn a living. We worked night and day so that we could bring you the Good News of God without being a burden to any of you.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

For ye remember, brethren, our labour and travail: for labouring night and day, because we would not be chargeable unto any of you, we preached unto you the gospel of God.

ASV:

For ye remember, brethren, our labor and travail: working night and day, that we might not burden any of you, we preached unto you the gospel of God.

BBE:

For you have the memory, my brothers, of our trouble and care; how, working night and day, so that we might not be a trouble to any of you, we gave you the good news of God.

DBY:

For ye remember, brethren, our labour and toil: working night and day, not to be chargeable to any one of you, we have preached to you the glad tidings of God.

ERV:

For ye remember, brethren, our labour and travail: working night and day, that we might not burden any of you, we preached unto you the gospel of God.

WEY:

For you remember, brethren, our labour and toil: how, working night and day so as not to become a burden to any one of you, we came and proclaimed among you God's Good News.

WBS:

For ye remember, brethren, our labor and toil: for laboring night and day, because we would not be chargeable to any of you, we preached to you the gospel of God.

WEB:

For you remember, brothers, our labor and travail; for working night and day, that we might not burden any of you, we preached to you the Good News of God.

YLT:

for ye remember, brethren, our labour and travail, for, night and day working not to be a burden upon any of you, we did preach to you the good news of God;

1 Thessalonians 2:9 Cross References

XREF:

Acts 18:3 and because he was of the same trade, he stayed with them and they were working, for by trade they were tent-makers.

Romans 1:1 Paul, a bond-servant of Christ Jesus, called as an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God,

1 Corinthians 9:4 Do we not have a right to eat and drink?

2 Corinthians 11:9 and when I was present with you and was in need, I was not a burden to anyone; for when the brethren came from Macedonia they fully supplied my need, and in everything I kept myself from being a burden to you, and will continue to do so.

Philippians 4:16 for even in Thessalonica you sent a gift more than once for my needs.

2 Thessalonians 3:8 nor did we eat anyone's bread without paying for it, but with labor and hardship we kept working night and day so that we would not be a burden to any of you; (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

2:9 {7} For ye remember, brethren, our labour and travail: for labouring night and day, because we would not be chargeable unto any of you, we preached unto you the gospel of God.
(7) To let go of his own rights, rather than to be a cost to his sheep.

PNT:

2:9 Ye remember, brethren, our labour and travail. There was hard and exhausting labor, night and day. The apostle was not willing to be chargeable to them; hence, while preaching in season, out of season (2Ti 4:2), he labored at his trade for a support. To this day the weaving of black cloths for tents is a great industry at Thessalonica.

MHC:

2:7-12 Mildness and tenderness greatly recommend religion, and are most conformable to God's gracious dealing with sinners, in and by the gospel. This is the way to win people. We should not only be faithful to our calling as Christians, but in our particular callings and relations. Our great gospel privilege is, that God has called us to his kingdom and glory. The great gospel duty is, that we walk worthy of God. We should live as becomes those called with such a high and holy calling. Our great business is to honour, serve, and please God, and to seek to be worthy of him.

CONC:

Anyone Brethren Brothers Burden Care Chargeable Glad God's Gospel Hardship Labor Laboring Labour Labouring Memory News Order Preach Preached Proclaimed Recall Remember Tidings Toil Travail Trouble Worked Working

Burden Care Chargeable Glad God's Good Gospel Hardship Labor Laboring Memory News Night Order Preach Preached Proclaimed Recall Remember Surely Tidings Toil Travail Trouble Working

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