1 THESSALONIANS 2:9 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“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.”
For you remember, brothers, our labor and toil; we worked night and day, that we might not burden any of you, while we proclaimed to you the gospel of God — Paul's manual labor (kopiaō, toil) is not incidental but integral to his apostolic integrity. Working as a tentmaker rather than demanding support from his converts; his hands are as busy as his voice. Self-denial and generosity become the grammar of his gospel proclamation.
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