2 Th 3:7-9
For you yourselves know how you ought to follow our example,
because we did not act in an undisciplined way among you,

nor did we eat anyone’s bread without paying for it,
but with labor and hardship we kept working night and day
so that we would not be a burden to any of you;

not because we do not have the right to this,
but in order to offer ourselves as a role model for you,
so that you would follow our example.

They did not act in an undisciplined way.

They worked.
They labored.
They pressed on in hardship.
They did not eat anyone’s bread without paying.

Their goal was to not be a burden to the Thessalonians.

According to the Lord, they had a right to be supported.
But, they chose to offer themselves as a role model.
A model to be followed.

What model do we provide?
Are we disciplined?
Do we labor?
Do we do the work of the Kingdom?

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