2 Thessalonians 3:9 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“Not because we have not power, but to make ourselves an ensample unto you to follow us.”
2 Thessalonians 3:9 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
2 Thessalonians 3:9 in 6 Bible Translations
Read 2 Thessalonians 3:9 in the King James Version (KJV) and 5 other free, public-domain translations side by side.
2 Thessalonians 3:9 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“This was not because we don’t have the right, but to make ourselves an example to you, that you should imitate us.”
2 Thessalonians 3:9 — World English Bible
2 Thessalonians 3:9 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“not because we have not the right, but to make ourselves an ensample unto you, that ye should imitate us.”
2 Thessalonians 3:9 — American Standard Version
2 Thessalonians 3:9 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“not because we have not authority, but that ourselves a pattern we might give to you, to imitate us;”
2 Thessalonians 3:9 — Young's Literal Translation
2 Thessalonians 3:9 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“not that we have not the right, but that we might give ourselves as an example to you, in order to your imitating us.”
2 Thessalonians 3:9 — Darby Translation
2 Thessalonians 3:9 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Not because we haue not authoritie, but that we might make our selues an ensample vnto you to follow vs.”
2 Thessalonians 3:9 — Geneva Bible
2 Thessalonians 3:9 in Context — 2 Thessalonians 3
7 Vous savez vous-mêmes comment il faut nous imiter, car nous n’avons pas vécu parmi vous dans le désordre.
8 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’œuvre, pour n’être à charge à aucun de vous.
9 Ce n’est pas que nous n’en eussions le droit, mais nous avons voulu vous donner en nous-mêmes un modèle à imiter.
10 Car, lorsque nous étions chez vous, nous vous disions expressément: Si quelqu’un ne veut pas travailler, qu’il ne mange pas non plus.
11 Nous apprenons, cependant, qu’il y en a parmi vous quelques-uns qui vivent dans le désordre, qui ne travaillent pas, mais qui s’occupent de futilités.
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What Does 2 Thessalonians 3:9 Mean?
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