2 THESSALONIANS 3:8 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“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:”
Nor did we eat anyone's bread without paying for it, but with toil and labor we worked night and day, that we might not burden any of you — Paul's self-support through manual labor is deliberate and costly. 'Night and day' (nykta kai hēmeran) emphasizes relentless work; he will not be a financial burden (baros) to the community.
Church Fathers on 2 Thessalonians 3:8
And yet even if they had eaten, it would not have been for nought. “For the laborer,” he says, “is worthy of his hire.” Luke 10:7 See how in the former Epistle indeed he discourses somewhat more mildly concerning these things; as when he says, “We beseech you, brethren — that you would abound more and more — and that you study” 1 Thessalonians 4:1-11— and nowhere does he say, “we command,” nor “in the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ,” which was fearful and implied danger, but…
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