34 You yourselves know that (A)these hands served my own needs and the (B)men who were with me.

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12 and we labor, (A)working with our own hands; when we are (B)verbally abused, we bless; when we are (C)persecuted, we endure it;

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14 So also (A)the Lord directed those who proclaim the (B)gospel to (C)get their living from the gospel.

15 But I have (D)used none of these things. And I have not written these things so that it will be done so in my case; for it would be better for me to die than that. No one shall make (E)my boast an empty one! 16 For if I preach the gospel, I have nothing to boast about, for (F)I am under compulsion; for woe to me if I do not preach (G)the gospel. 17 For if I do this voluntarily, I have a (H)reward; but if against my will, I have been entrusted with a (I)commission nonetheless. 18 What, then, is my (J)reward? That, when I preach the gospel, I may offer the gospel (K)without charge, so as (L)not to make full use of my right in the gospel.

19 For though I am (M)free from all people, I have made myself (N)a slave to all, so that I may (O)gain more. 20 (P)To the Jews I became as a Jew, so that I might gain Jews; to those who are under the Law, I became as one under the Law, though (Q)not being under the Law myself, so that I might gain those who are under the Law; 21 to those who are (R)without the Law, I became (S)as one without the Law, though not being without the law of God but (T)under the law of Christ, so that I might gain those who are without the Law. 22 To the (U)weak I became weak, that I might gain the weak; I have become (V)all things to all people, (W)so that I may by all means save some. 23 I do all things for the sake of the gospel, so that I may become a fellow partaker of it.

24 (X)Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but only one receives (Y)the prize? (Z)Run in such a way that you may win. 25 Everyone who (AA)competes in the games exercises self-control in all things. So they do it to obtain a perishable (AB)wreath, but we an imperishable. 26 Therefore I (AC)run in such a way as not to run aimlessly; I box in such a way, as [a]to avoid (AD)hitting air; 27 but I strictly discipline (AE)my body and make it my slave, so that, after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 9:26 Lit not hitting

Or (A)did I commit a sin by humbling myself so that you might be exalted, because I preached the (B)gospel of God to you (C)without charge?

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13 For in what respect were you treated as inferior to the rest of the churches, except that (A)I myself did not become a burden to you? Forgive me (B)this wrong!

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For you recall, brothers and sisters, our (A)labor and hardship: it was by (B)working night and day so as not to be a (C)burden to any of you, that we proclaimed to you the (D)gospel of God.

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11 and to make it your ambition (A)to lead a quiet life and (B)attend to your own business and (C)work with your hands, just as we instructed you,

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nor did we (A)eat [a]anyone’s bread [b]without paying for it, but with (B)labor and hardship we kept (C)working night and day so that we would not be a burden to any of you;

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Thessalonians 3:8 Lit from anyone
  2. 2 Thessalonians 3:8 Lit freely

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