2 Thessalonians 3:9

New Testament · SCRIPTURE

2 Thessalonians 3:9

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

Not that we lack this right, but we wanted to offer ourselves as an example for you to imitate.

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KJV

King James Version

Not because we have not power, but to make ourselves an ensample unto you to follow us.

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WEB

World English Bible

This was not because we don’t have the right, but to make ourselves an example to you, that you should imitate us.

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ASV

American Standard Version

not because we have not the right, but to make ourselves an ensample unto you, that ye should imitate us.

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BLB

Berean Literal Bible

not that we do not have authority, but so that we might give ourselves [as] a pattern to you⁺ for you to imitate us.

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

2 Thessalonians 3

⁷ For you yourselves know how you ought to imitate us, because we were not undisciplined among you,

⁸ nor did we eat anyone’s food without paying for it. Instead, in labor and toil, we worked night and day so that we would not be a burden to any of you.

⁹ Not that we lack this right, but we wanted to offer ourselves as an example for you to imitate.

¹⁰ For even while we were with you, we gave you this command: “If anyone is unwilling to work, he shall not eat.”

¹¹ For we hear that some of you are leading undisciplined lives, accomplishing nothing, but being busybodies.

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