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2 Thessalonians 3:9
9not that we have not the right, but that we might give ourselves as an example to you, in order to your imitating 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 ye know yourselves how ye ought to imitate us, because we have not walked disorderly among you; 8nor have we eaten bread from any one without cost; but in toil and hardship working night and day not to be chargeable to any one of you: not that we have not the right, but that we might give ourselves as an example to you, in order to your imitating us. 10For also when we were with you we enjoined you this, that if any man does not like to work, neither let him eat. 11For we hear that [there are] some walking among you disorderly, not working at all, but 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 10:10nor scrip for the way, nor two body coats, nor sandals, nor a staff: for the workman is worthy of his nourishment.
- 1 Corinthians 9:4Have we not a right to eat and to drink?
- Galatians 6:6Let him that is taught in the word communicate to him that teaches in all good things.
- 1 Thessalonians 2:6nor seeking glory from men, neither from you nor from others, when we might have been a charge as Christ's apostles;
- 2 Thessalonians 3:7For ye know yourselves how ye ought to imitate us, because we have not walked disorderly among you;
- John 13:15for I have given you an example that, as I have done to you, ye should do also.
- 1 Peter 2:21For to this have ye been called; for Christ also has suffered for you, leaving you a model that ye should follow in 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
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- 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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