2 Thessalonians 3:8
2 Thessalonians · New Testament · Chapter 3
“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
What Does 2 Thessalonians 3:8 Mean?
2 Thessalonians 3:8 is found in the book of 2 Thessalonians, chapter 3, verse 8 of the New Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Key themes in this passage include Work & Rest.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to 2 Thessalonians 3:8 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Matthew 6:11“Give us this day our daily bread.”1 Thessalonians 2:9“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.”Proverbs 12:11“He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding.”1 Corinthians 9:15“But I have used none of these things: neither have I written these things, that it should be so done unto me: for it were better for me to die, than that any man should make my glorying void.”Acts 18:3“And because he was of the same craft, he abode with them, and wrought: for by their occupation they were tentmakers.”1 Corinthians 9:18“What is my reward then? Verily that, when I preach the gospel, I may make the gospel of Christ without charge, that I abuse not my power in the gospel.”2 Corinthians 11:27“In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.”Ephesians 4:28“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.”2 Thessalonians 3:12“Now them that are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.”Acts 20:34“Yea, ye yourselves know, that these hands have ministered unto my necessities, and to them that were with me.”1 Corinthians 4:12“And labour, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it:”1 Corinthians 9:4“Have we not power to eat and to drink?”Colossians 1:29“Whereunto I also labour, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily.”1 Thessalonians 4:11“And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;”Proverbs 31:27“She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness.”2 Corinthians 11:9“And when I was present with you, and wanted, I was chargeable to no man: for that which was lacking to me the brethren which came from Macedonia supplied: and in all things I have kept myself from being burdensome unto you, and so will I keep myself.”Titus 3:14“And let ours also learn to maintain good works for necessary uses, that they be not unfruitful.”2 Kings 5:26“And he said unto him, Went not mine heart with thee, when the man turned again from his chariot to meet thee? Is it a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and oliveyards, and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and maidservants?”Nehemiah 5:14“Moreover from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year even unto the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes the king, that is, twelve years, I and my brethren have not eaten the bread of the governor.”Proverbs 16:26“He that laboureth laboureth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him.”
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