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2Th 3:9 — Not because we have not power, but to make ourselves an ensample unto you to follow us.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

Not		Mat 10:10; 1Cr 9:4-14; Gal 6:6; 1Th 2:6
to make		2Th 3:7; Jhn 13:15; 1Pe 2:21

Correlating Passages

Not

	Mat 10:10	Nor scrip for [your] journey, neither two coats, neither shoes, nor yet staves: for the workman is worthy of his meat.
	1Cr 9:4	Have we not power to eat and to drink?
	1Cr 9:5	Have we not power to lead about a sister, a wife, as well as other apostles, and [as] the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?
	1Cr 9:6	Or I only and Barnabas, have not we power to forbear working?
	1Cr 9:7	Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock?
	1Cr 9:8	Say I these things as a man? or saith not the law the same also?
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	Gal 6:6	Let him that is taught in the word communicate unto him that teacheth in all good things.
	1Th 2:6	Nor of men sought we glory, neither of you, nor [yet] of others, when we might have been burdensome, as the apostles of Christ.

to make

	2Th 3:7	For yourselves know how ye ought to follow us: for we behaved not ourselves disorderly among you;
	Jhn 13:15	For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you.
	1Pe 2:21	For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps:

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Scott, Thomas. "2 Thessalonians 3:9," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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