9We 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.


In Context

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.

10 For even when we were with you, we gave you this rule: "If a man will not work, he shall not eat."

11 We hear that some among you are idle. They are not busy; they are busybodies.

2nd Thessalonians 3:9 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:9Not because we have not power, but to make ourselves an ensample unto you to follow us.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

3:9not because we have not the right, but to make ourselves and ensample unto you, that ye should imitate us.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

3:9Not as if we had not power: but that we might give ourselves a pattern unto you, to imitate us.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:9not that we have not the right, but that we might give ourselves as an example to you, in order to your imitating us.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

3:9not because we have not the right, but to make ourselves an ensample unto you, that ye should imitate us.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:9Not because we have not power, but to make ourselves a pattern to you to follow us.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:9not because we don't have the right, but to make ourselves an example to you, that you should imitate us.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

3:9not because we have not authority, but that ourselves a pattern we might give to you, to imitate us;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:9Not because we have not power, but to make ourselves an ensample to you to follow us.