American Standard Version
2 Thessalonians 3:9
9not because we have not the right, but to make ourselves an ensample unto you, that ye should imitate us.
2 Thessalonians 3:9 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Not because we have not power, but to make ourselves an ensample unto you to follow us.
- New International Version (NIV)We did this, not because we do not have the right to such help, but in order to offer ourselves as a model for you to imitate.
- English Standard Version (ESV)It was not because we do not have that right, but to give you in ourselves an example to imitate.
- New King James Version (NKJV)not because we do not have authority, but to make ourselves an example of how you should follow us.
Context of 2 Thessalonians 3:9
7For yourselves know how ye ought to imitate us: for we behaved not ourselves disorderly among you; 8neither did we eat bread for nought at any man’s hand, but in labor and travail, working night and day, that we might not burden any of you: not because we have not the right, but to make ourselves an ensample unto you, that ye should imitate us. 10For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, If any will not work, neither let him eat. 11For we hear of some that walk among you disorderly, that work not at all, but are busybodies.
Read all of 2 Thessalonians 32 Thessalonians 3:9 word by word
οὐχ ὅτι οὐκ ἔχομεν ἐξουσίαν, ἀλλ᾽ ἵνα ἑαυτοὺς τύπον δῶμεν ὑμῖν εἰς τὸ μιμεῖσθαι ἡμᾶς.Read the interlinear
Cross-references for 2 Thessalonians 3:9
- Matthew 10:10no wallet for your journey, neither two coats, nor shoes, nor staff: for the laborer is worthy of his food.
- 1 Corinthians 9:4Have we no right to eat and to drink?
- Galatians 6:6But let him that is taught in the word communicate unto him that teacheth in all good things.
- 1 Thessalonians 2:6nor seeking glory of men, neither from you nor from others, when we might have claimed authority as apostles of Christ.
- 2 Thessalonians 3:7For yourselves know how ye ought to imitate us: for we behaved not ourselves disorderly among you;
- John 13:15For I have given you an example, that ye also should do as I have done to you.
- 1 Peter 2:21For hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, that ye should follow his steps:
Commentaries on 2 Thessalonians 3:9
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9Not because we have not power - We have the power, , the right, to be maintained by those in whose behalf we labor. The laborer is worthy of his hire, is a maxim universally acknowledged and respected; and they who preach the Gospel should live by the Gospel: the apostle did not claim his privilege, but labored for his own support, that he might be an example to those whom he found otherwise disposed, and that he might spare the poor. See 1 Corinthians…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9Not because we have not power - See the notes on 1 Corinthians 9:6, 1 Corinthians 9:12, 1 Corinthians 9:14.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-15Verses 6-15 Those who have received the gospel, are to live according to the gospel. Such as could work, and would not, were not to be maintained in idleness. Christianity is not to countenance slothfulness, which would consume what is meant to encourage the industrious, and to support the sick and afflicted. Industry in our callings as men, is a duty required by our calling as Christians. But some expected to be maintained in idleness, and indulged a…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9Paul had separated himself from people in the culture who sought fame and money (1 Thessalonians 2:5).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 99. (1Co 9:4-6, &c.; Ga 6:6.)Read the comment
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- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
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