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:
KJV
Greek original
Louis Segond 1910
Nous n'avons mangé gratuitement le pain de personne; mais, dans le travail et dans la peine, nous avons été nuit et jour à l'oeuvre, pour n'être à charge à aucun de vous.
KJV
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:
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
s not burthensome to you?" Thirdly, in order to give an example of work to the idle; hence he says ( 2 Thess. 3:8,9 ): "We worked night and day . . . that we might give ourselves a pattern unto you, to imitate us." However, the Apostle did not do this in places like Athens where…
Augustine of Hippo
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