2 Thessalonians 3:8

and we did not eat anyone’s food without paying. ¹  Instead, in toil and drudgery we worked ²  night and day in order not to burden any of you.

Pr 31:27; Mt 6:11; Ac 18:3; Ac 20:34; 1Co 4:12; 2Co 11:9; 1Th 2:9; 1Th 4:11; 2Th 3:12

¹ tn Grk “we did not eat bread freely from anyone.”

² tn Grk “but working,” as a continuation of the previous sentence. Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started with the word “Instead” in the translation.