2 Thessalonians 3:8-10
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8 nor did we eat anyone's bread without paying for it, but (A)with toil and labor we worked night and day, that we might not be a burden to any of you. 9 It was (B)not because we do not have that right, but to give you in ourselves (C)an example to imitate. 10 For even when we were with you, we would give you this command: (D)If anyone is not willing to work, let him not eat.
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1 Thessalonians 2:9
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9 For you remember, brothers, (A)our labor and toil: we (B)worked night and day, that we might not be a burden to any of you, while we proclaimed to you the gospel of God.
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2 Corinthians 2:17
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17 For we are not, like so many, peddlers of God's word, but as men of sincerity, as commissioned by God, in the sight of God we speak in Christ.
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1 Peter 5:2
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2 (A)shepherd the flock of God that is among you, exercising oversight,[a] (B)not under compulsion, but willingly, as God would have you;[b] (C)not for shameful gain, but eagerly;
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- 1 Peter 5:2 Some manuscripts omit exercising oversight
- 1 Peter 5:2 Some manuscripts omit as God would have you
1 Timothy 6:5-6
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5 and constant friction among people (A)who are depraved in mind and deprived of the truth, (B)imagining that godliness is a means of gain. 6 But (C)godliness (D)with contentment is great gain,
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