II Thessalonians 3:8
The Scripture
(8) Neither did we eat any man's bread for nought; but wrought with labour and travail night and day, that we might not be chargeable to any of you:
Chapter overview (whole chapter)
Second Thessalonians 3 opens with Paul asking for prayer for the spread of the gospel and for deliverance from its opponents. He addresses idle members of the church who had stopped working, commanding that those unwilling to work should not eat, and reminding them of his own example of labor. The chapter closes urging the church to gently discipline the disorderly and pronouncing a blessing of peace.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
II Thessalonians 3:12Proverbs 31:27Matthew 6:11Acts 18:3Acts 20:34I Corinthians 4:12II Corinthians 11:9I Thessalonians 4:11I Thessalonians 2:9
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