7For you yourselves know how you ought to follow our example. We were not idle when we were with you,


In Context

4 We have confidence in the Lord that you are doing and will continue to do the things we command.

5 May the Lord direct your hearts into God's love and Christ's perseverance.

6 In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, we command you, brothers, to keep away from every brother who is idle and does not live according to the teaching you received from us.

7 For you yourselves know how you ought to follow our example. We were not idle when we were with you,

8 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.

9 We did this, not because we do not have the right to such help, but in order to make ourselves a model for you to follow.

2nd Thessalonians 3:7 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:7For yourselves know how ye ought to follow us: for we behaved not ourselves disorderly among you;

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

3:7For yourselves know how ye ought to imitate us: for we behaved not ourselves disorderly among you;

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

3:7For yourselves know how you ought to imitate us: for we were not disorderly among you;

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:7For ye know yourselves how ye ought to imitate us, because we have not walked disorderly among you;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

3:7For yourselves know how ye ought to imitate us: for we behaved not ourselves disorderly among you;

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:7For yourselves know how ye ought to follow us: for we behaved not ourselves disorderly among you;

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:7For you know how you ought to imitate us. For we didn't behave ourselves rebelliously among you,

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

3:7for yourselves have known how it behoveth you to imitate us, because we did not act disorderly among you;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:7For yourselves know how you ought to follow us: for we behaved not ourselves disorderly among you;