8Neither 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:
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Give us this day our daily bread.
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.
Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.
And because he was of the same craft, he abode with them, and wrought: for by their occupation they were tentmakers.
And labour, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it:
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 6-15)The apostle having commended their obedience for the time past, and mentioned his confidence in their obedience for the time to come, proceeds to give them commands and directions to some who were faulty, correcting some things that were amiss among them. Observe, The best society of Christians may have some faulty persons among them, and some things that ought to be reformed. Perfection is not to…
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