9 We did this, not because we do not have the right to such help, but in order to offer ourselves as a model for you to imitate.

9 Not because we have not power, but to make ourselves an ensample unto you to follow us.

9 We certainly had the right to ask you to feed us, but we wanted to give you an example to follow.

9 not because we do not have authority, but to make ourselves an example of how you should follow us.

9 We had the right to ask you to help us, but we worked to take care of ourselves so we would be an example for you to follow.

9 not because we have not the right, but to make ourselves an ensample unto you, that ye should imitate us.

9 not that we have not the right, but that we might give ourselves as an example to you, in order to your imitating us.

9 It’s not as though we didn’t have a right to receive support. Rather, we wanted to set an example for you to follow.

9 It is not that we don’t have the right to support, but we did it to make ourselves an example to you so that you would imitate us.

9 This was not because we do not have that right, but in order to give you an example to imitate.

9 not that we do not have the right, but so that we may give ourselves as an example to you, so that you may imitate us.

9 We worked, even though we have the right to receive help from you. We did it in order to be a model for you to follow.

9 not because we do not have the right to this, but in order to offer ourselves as a model for you, so that you would follow our example.