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

7We could have used our authority over you, because we are Christ's apostles. But instead, we chose to be kind to you and to help you. We took care of you, like a mother takes care of her little children. 8We loved you very much, so we wanted to tell you God's good news. We wanted to share our lives with you too. Our Christian friends, remember how we worked so hard to help you. We worked during the day and even during the night. We did not want to cause any problems for you. So we taught you God's good news and we did not ask you to give us anything in return. 10You know that we lived in a good way when we were with you. God also knows that. We were completely honest with you believers. Nobody could say that we did anything wrong. 11You know that we helped you, like a father helps 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 1:3As we pray to our Father God, we remember how you live. You do good things because you believe in Christ. You work hard to help other people because you love them and you love God. You are also strong and patient because you hope strongly in our Lord Jesus Christ.
• Acts 18:3They knew how to make tents which they could sell to people. Paul also made tents, so he stayed with them and he worked with them.
• Acts 20:34You yourselves know that I worked with my hands. I did that to get money. Then my friends and I could have the things that we needed.
• 1 Corinthians 4:12We work hard, so that we become very tired. When people insult us, we ask God to bless them. When people give us trouble, we are patient and brave.
• 1 Corinthians 9:6Barnabas and I seem to be the only leaders who must work at other jobs. We should not need to do that!
• 2 Corinthians 6:5Sometimes people hit us. They put us in prison. They attack us. But we work hard. We cannot always sleep at night. We are often hungry.
• 2 Thessalonians 3:7You yourselves know that you ought to copy our example. You know that we were not lazy when we lived among you.
• 1 Timothy 4:10So that is why we work to serve God well. We continue to work, even when we have trouble. We do this because we believe that God will help us. He is the one who lives for ever and who saves all people. Certainly, he saves those who are believers.
• 1 Thessalonians 3:10We pray very much for you, during the day and during the night. We ask God to give us the chance to visit you again. We want to help you to understand the things that you still need to know. Then you will be able to trust Christ even more.
• Psalms 32:4In the day and in the night, you punished me very much. It seemed as if the hot sun was taking away my strength. Selah.
• Psalms 88:1Lord, you are the God who rescues me. I call out to you in the day, and I pray for help at night.
• Jeremiah 9:1‘My head should be like a pool of water. My eyes should be like a river of tears. Then I would never stop crying for my dear people who have died in war.
• Luke 2:37After that, she had lived alone until she was 84 years old. Now she never left the temple. She stayed there day and night to worship God. She fasted and she prayed.
• Luke 18:7But as for God, he always helps those that he has chosen to be his children. When they continue to ask him for help, in the day and in the night, he will answer them. He will not wait.
• Acts 20:31So be very careful! For three years I taught you, in the day and in the night. I warned you to be careful, so that I even cried about it.
• 1 Timothy 5:5Some widows are really alone and they have nobody to take care of them. A widow like that trusts God that he will help her. As a result, she prays a lot, at night and during the day, and she asks God to help her.

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

• Diligence
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• Paul
• Preaching
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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