1Th 2:9, 2Th 3:7-9 | ESV | STEP | For you remember , brothers , our labor and toil : we worked night and day , that we might not be a burden to any of you , while we proclaimed to you the gospel of God .

1 Thessalonians 2:9

9 For you remember, brothers, ^aour labor and toil: we ^bworked night and day, that we might not be a burden to any of you, while we proclaimed to you the gospel of God.

2 Thessalonians 3:7-9

7 For you yourselves know ^chow you ought to imitate us, because ^dwe were not idle when we were with you, 8 nor did we eat anyone’s bread without paying for it, but ^ewith toil and labor we worked night and day, that we might not be a burden to any of you. 9 It was ^fnot because we do not have that right, but to give you in ourselves ^gan example to imitate.