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1 Thessalonians 2:9 KJV
1 Thessalonians · chapter 2 · verse 9 · King James Version
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.1 Thessalonians 2:9 · King James Version
1 Thessalonians 2:9 in context
7But we were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her children:
8So being affectionately desirous of you, we were willing to have imparted unto you, not the gospel of God only, but also our own souls, because ye were dear unto us.
9For 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.
10Ye are witnesses, and God also, how holily and justly and unblameably we behaved ourselves among you that believe:
11As ye know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as a father doth his children,
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Key words (Strong's)
- labouringergazomaito work, labour, do work, to trade, to make gains by trading, "do business", to do, work…G2038 →
- remembermnēmoneuōto be mindful of, to remember, to call to mind, to think of and feel for a person or…G3421 →
- brethrenadelphosa brother, whether born of the same two parents or only of the same father or mother…G80 →
- preachedkēryssōto be a herald, to officiate as a herald, to proclaim after the manner of a herald…G2784 →
- labourkoposa beating, a beating of the breast with grief, sorrow, labour, trouble, to cause one…G2873 →
- gospeleuangeliona reward for good tidings, good tidings, the glad tidings of the kingdom of God soon to…G2098 →
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