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. For even when we
were with you, we gave you this rule: "The one who is unwilling to work
shall not eat."
but in order to offer ourselves as a model for you to imitate
2 Thessalonians 3:7-8 For you yourselves know how you ought to follow our example. We were not idle when we were with you, nor did we eat anyone's food without paying for it. On the contrary, we worked night and day, laboring and toiling so that we would not be a burden to any of you.
1 Corinthians 4:16 Therefore I encourage you to imitate me.
1 Corinthians 11:1 Follow my example, as I follow the example of Christ.
For even when we were with you
1 Thessalonians 3:4 In fact, when we were with you, we kept telling you that we would be prosecuted. And it turned out that way, as you well know.
we gave you this rule: "The one who is unwilling to work shall not eat"
1 Thessalonians 4:10-12 And in fact, you do love all of God's family throughout Macedonia. Yet we urge you, brothers and sisters, to do so more and more, and to make it your ambition to lead a quiet life: You should mind your own business and work with your hands, just as we told you, so that your daily life may win the respect of outsiders and so that you will not be dependent on anybody.
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