2 Thessalonians 3:8 (GNV)

Passage

Neither tooke we bread of any man for nought: but we wrought with labour and trauaile night and day, because we would not be chargeable to any of you.

Nearby Context

2 Thessalonians 3:6 We warne you, brethren, in the Name of our Lord Iesus Christ, that ye withdrawe your selues from euery brother that walketh inordinately, and not after the instruction, which hee receiued of vs.

2 Thessalonians 3:7 For ye your selues know, how ye ought to follow vs: for we behaued not our selues inordinately among you,

2 Thessalonians 3:8 Neither tooke we bread of any man for nought: but we wrought with labour and trauaile night and day, because we would not be chargeable to any of you.

2 Thessalonians 3:9 Not because we haue not authoritie, but that we might make our selues an ensample vnto you to follow vs.

2 Thessalonians 3:10 For euen when we were with you, this we warned you of, that if there were any, which would not worke, that he should not eate.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "neither", "tooke", "bread", "nought", "wrought", "labour", "trauaile", and "night". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "neither" and "tooke", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 7's "For ye your selues know how ye..." into verse 9's "Not because we haue not authoritie but...", so "neither" and "tooke" belong inside that flow. In 2 Thessalonians context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "neither" and "tooke" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.