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2 Thessalonians 3:9

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And it wasn’t because we didn’t have a right to your support; we did. We simply wanted to provide an example of diligence, hoping it would prove contagious.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

It was not because we do not have that right, but to give you in ourselves an example to imitate.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

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.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

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.

NLTNew Living Translation

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

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

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.

KJV 1900King James Version

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