2 Thes 3:9 Cross References

2 Thessalonians 3:9

9: It wasn't that we didn't have the right to ask you to feed us, but we wanted to give you an example to follow.

2 Thessalonians 3:7

  1. For you know that you ought to follow our example. We were never lazy when we were with you.

1 Corinthians 9:4

  1. Don't we have the right to live in your homes and share your meals?
  2. Don't we have the right to bring a Christian wife along with us as the other disciples and the Lord's brothers and Peter do?
  3. Or is it only Barnabas and I who have to work to support ourselves?
  4. What soldier has to pay his own expenses? And have you ever heard of a farmer who harvests his crop and doesn't have the right to eat some of it? What shepherd takes care of a flock of sheep and isn't allowed to drink some of the milk?
  5. And this isn't merely human opinion. Doesn't God's law say the same thing?

Galatians 6:6

  1. Those who are taught the word of God should help their teachers by paying them.

1 Thessalonians 2:6

  1. As for praise, we have never asked for it from you or anyone else.

1 Peter 2:21

  1. This suffering is all part of what God has called you to. Christ, who suffered for you, is your example. Follow in his steps.

John 13:15

  1. I have given you an example to follow. Do as I have done to you.

Matthew 10:10

  1. Don't carry a traveler's bag with an extra coat and sandals or even a walking stick. Don't hesitate to accept hospitality, because those who work deserve to be fed.
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