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Anonymous adult hands work sturdy woven cloth beside a lamp and bread.
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2 Thessalonians 3:7-9

An Example of Labor

Prayer, Quiet Work, and Peace · 2 Thessalonians 3

Story guide: Visual essay: Anonymous laboring hands illustrate the recalled example, without reconstructing the writers’ biographies.

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7For you yourselves know how you ought to imitate us, because we did not behave disorderly among you.

8nor did we eat bread from anyone free of charge, but with labor and hardship, working night and day so as not to burden any of you.

9not because we do not have the right, but in order to give ourselves to you as an example for you to imitate us.

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