2 Thessalonians 3:8

Neither did we eat any man's bread for nought; but wrought with labour and travail night and day, that we might not be chargeable to any of you:

Eat any man's bread - Greek, 'eat bread from any man;' i:e., live at anyone's expense. Contrast , "eat THEIR OWN bread."

Wrought (). In both letters they state they maintained themselves by labour; but in this second letter they do so to offer an example to the idle; whereas, in the first, their object is to vindicate themselves from imputation of mercenary motives in preaching (; ) (Edmunds).

Labour and travail - `toil and hardship' (note, ).

Night and day - scarcely allowing time for repose.

Chargeable - Greek, 'burdensome.' It is at the very time and place of writing these letters that Paul is said to have worked at tent-making with Aquila: an undesigned coincidence.