2 Thessalonians 3:8
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for 2 Thessalonians 3:8 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
2 Thessalonians 3:8 is a verse from the book of 2 Thessalonians in the New Testament. The KJV reads: "Neither did we eat any man's bread for nought; but wrought with labour and travail night and day, that we might not be c..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
2 Thessalonians 3:8 — KJV
“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:”
— 2 Thessalonians 3:8 (KJV)
2 Thessalonians 3:8 in Context — About the Book of 2 Thessalonians
2 Thessalonians steadies a church shaken by false reports that the day of the Lord had already come. Paul untangles end-times confusion, commands dignified work over idle speculation, and prays strength into anxious hearts: may the Lord direct your hearts into God's love and Christ's perseverance.
Cross-References for 2 Thessalonians 3:8
“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.”
Shares key themes with 2 Thessalonians 3:8: any, labour, travail
“And he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments. commandments: Heb. words”
Shares key themes with 2 Thessalonians 3:8: neither, eat, bread
“When I was gone up into the mount to receive the tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant which the LORD made with you, then I abode in the mount forty days and forty nights, I neither did eat bread nor drink water:”
Shares key themes with 2 Thessalonians 3:8: neither, eat, bread
“And I fell down before the LORD, as at the first, forty days and forty nights: I did neither eat bread, nor drink water, because of all your sins which ye sinned, in doing wickedly in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.”
Shares key themes with 2 Thessalonians 3:8: neither, eat, bread
“And there shall be no leavened bread seen with thee in all thy coast seven days; neither shall there any thing of the flesh, which thou sacrificedst the first day at even, remain all night until the morning.”
Shares key themes with 2 Thessalonians 3:8: neither, any, bread
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