1 Thessalonians 2:9

1 Thessalonians 2:9 in other versions

• King James Version (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.
• New International Version (NIV)Surely you remember, brothers and sisters, our toil and hardship; we worked night and day in order not to be a burden to anyone while we preached the gospel of God to you.
• English Standard Version (ESV)For you remember, brothers, our labor and toil: we worked night and day, that we might not be a burden to any of you, while we proclaimed to you the gospel of God.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For you remember, brethren, our labor and toil; for laboring night and day, that we might not be a burden to any of you, we preached to you the gospel of God.

Context of 1 Thessalonians 2:9

7Although we could have been a burden as Christ’s apostles, instead we were gentle among you, as a nurse nurtures her own children. 8We cared so much for you that we were pleased to share with you not only the gospel of God but also our own lives, because you had become dear to us. For you remember our labor and hardship, brothers and sisters. Working night and day so that we would not burden any of you, we preached God’s gospel to you. 10You are witnesses, and so is God, of how devoutly, righteously, and blamelessly we conducted ourselves with you believers. 11As you know, like a father with his own children,

1 Thessalonians 2:9 word by word

Μνημονεύετε γάρ, ἀδελφοί, τὸν κόπον ἡμῶν καὶ τὸν μόχθον· νυκτὸς καὶ ἡμέρας ἐργαζόμενοι πρὸς τὸ μὴ ἐπιβαρῆσαί τινα ὑμῶν ἐκηρύξαμεν εἰς ὑμᾶς τὸ εὐαγγέλιον τοῦ θεοῦ.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Forγάρgar · forG1063
• ye rememberμνημονεύωmnēmoneuō · to rememberG3421
• brethrenἀδελφόςadelphos · brotherG80
• ourἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• labourκόποςkopos · laborG2873
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• travailμόχθοςmochthos · toilG3449
• labouringἐργάζομαιergazomai · to workG2038
• nightνύξnux · nightG3571
• dayἡμέραhēmera · dayG2250
• becauseπρόςpros · to/withG4314
• we wouldἐπιβαρέωepibareō · to burdenG1912
• notμήmē · notG3361
• anyτιςtis · oneG5100
• of youσύsu · youG4771
• we preachedκηρύσσωkērussō · to preachG2784
• untoεἰςeis · towardG1519
• the gospelεὐαγγέλιονeuaggelion · gospelG2098
• of Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316

Cross-references for 1 Thessalonians 2:9

• 1 Thessalonians 1:3We recall, in the presence of our God and Father, your work produced by faith, your labor motivated by love, and your endurance inspired by hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.
• Acts 18:3and since they were of the same occupation, tentmakers by trade, he stayed with them and worked.
• Acts 20:34You yourselves know that I worked with my own hands to support myself and those who are with me.
• 1 Corinthians 4:12we labor, working with our own hands. When we are reviled, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure it;
• 1 Corinthians 9:6Or do only Barnabas and I have no right to refrain from working?
• 2 Corinthians 6:5by beatings, by imprisonments, by riots, by labors, by sleepless nights, by times of hunger,
• 2 Thessalonians 3:7For you yourselves know how you should imitate us: We were not idle among you;
• 1 Timothy 4:10For this reason we labor and strive, because we have put our hope in the living God, who is the Savior of all people, especially of those who believe.
• 1 Thessalonians 3:10as we pray very earnestly night and day to see you face to face and to complete what is lacking in your faith?
• Psalms 32:4For day and night your hand was heavy on me; my strength was drained as in the summer’s heat.Selah
• Psalms 88:1Lord, God of my salvation, I cry out before you day and night.
• Jeremiah 9:1If my head were a flowing spring, my eyes a fountain of tears, I would weep day and night over the slain of my dear people.
• Luke 2:37and was a widow for eighty-four years. She did not leave the temple, serving God night and day with fasting and prayers.
• Luke 18:7Will not God grant justice to his elect who cry out to him day and night? Will he delay helping them?
• Acts 20:31Therefore be on the alert, remembering that night and day for three years I never stopped warning each one of you with tears.
• 1 Timothy 5:5The widow who is truly in need and left all alone has put her hope in God and continues night and day in her petitions and prayers;

Commentaries on 1 Thessalonians 2:9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9Ye remember - our labor and travail - From this it appears that St. Paul spent much more time at Thessalonica than is generally supposed; for the expressions in this verse denote a long continuance of a constantly exercised ministry, interrupted only by manual labor for their own support; labouring night and day, because we would not be chargeable to you. Probably Paul and his companions worked with their hands by day, and spent a considerable part of the…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9Ye remember, brethren, our labour - Doubtless in the occupation of a tent-maker; Acts 20:34 note; 1 Corinthians 4:12 note. And travail - see the notes on 2 Corinthians 11:27. The word means “wearisome labor.” For labouring night and day - That is, when he was not engaged in preaching the gospel. He appears to have labored through the week and to have preached on the Sabbath; or if engaged in preaching in the day time during the week, he made it up by…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-12Verses 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…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9Paul and his associates worked with their hands to support themselves while in the city (see Acts 18:1–4; 1 Corinthians 9:12–18). They did this to set an example for the Thessalonians (2 Thessalonians 3:8–9). They also wanted to avoid being an economic burden to them.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 99. labour and travail--The Greek for "labor" means hardship in bearing; that for "travail," hardship in doing; the former, toil with the utmost solicitude; the latter, the being wearied with fatigue [Grotius]. Zanchius refers the former to spiritual (see 1Th 3:5), the latter to manual labor. I would translate, "weariness (so the Greek is translated, 2Co 11:27) and travail" (hard labor, toil). for--omitted in the oldest manuscripts. labouring--Greek…Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Thessalonians 2:9

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Commentaries on 1 Thessalonians 2

• 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
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings