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 imposed our weight as apostles of Christ; instead we became little children among you. Like a nursing mother caring for her own children, 8with such affection for you we were happy to share with you not only the gospel of God but also our own lives, because you had become dear to us. For you recall, brothers and sisters, our toil and drudgery: By working night and day so as not to impose a burden on any of you, we preached to you the gospel of God. 10You are witnesses, and so is God, as to how holy and righteous and blameless our conduct was toward you who believe. 11As you know, we treated each one of you as a father treats 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 1:3because we recall in the presence of our God and Father your work of faith and labor of love and endurance of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.
• Acts 18:3and because he worked at the same trade, he stayed with them and worked with them (for they were tentmakers by trade).
• Acts 20:34You yourselves know that these hands of mine provided for my needs and the needs of those who were with me.
• 1 Corinthians 4:12We do hard work, toiling with our own hands. When we are verbally abused, we respond with a blessing, when persecuted, we endure,
• 1 Corinthians 9:6Or do only Barnabas and I lack the right not to work?
• 2 Corinthians 6:5in beatings, in imprisonments, in riots, in troubles, in sleepless nights, in hunger,
• 2 Thessalonians 3:7For you know yourselves how you must imitate us, because we did not behave without discipline among you,
• 1 Timothy 4:10In fact this is why we work hard and struggle, because we have set our hope on the living God, who is the Savior of all people, especially of believers.
• 1 Thessalonians 3:10We pray earnestly night and day to see you in person and make up what may be lacking in your faith.
• Psalms 32:4For day and night you tormented me; you tried to destroy me in the intense heat of summer. (Selah)
• Psalms 88:1O Lord God who delivers me! By day I cry out and at night I pray before you.
• Jeremiah 9:1(8:23) I wish that my head were a well full of water and my eyes were a fountain full of tears! If they were, I could cry day and night for those of my dear people who have been killed.
• Luke 2:37She had lived as a widow since then for eighty-four years. She never left the temple, worshiping with fasting and prayer night and day.
• Luke 18:7Won’t God give justice to his chosen ones, who cry out to him day and night? Will he delay long to help them?
• Acts 20:31Therefore be alert, remembering that night and day for three years I did not stop warning each one of you with tears.
• 1 Timothy 5:5But the widow who is truly in need, and completely on her own, has set her hope on God and continues in her pleas and prayers night and day.

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
• Minister, Christian
• Paul
• Preaching
• Zeal, Religious

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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