2 Thessalonians 3:8-9 nor eat any man's bread for nothing; but with labour and toil worked night and day, that we might not be burthensome to any of you;

Thomson⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁸ nor eat any man's bread for nothing; but with labour and toil worked night and day, that we might not be burthensome to any of you; ⁹ not because we are destitute of authority, but that we might exhibit ourselves as a pattern for you to imitate.