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:

nor did we eat anyone's bread free of charge, but worked with labor and toil night and day, that we might not be a burden to any of 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 might not be a burden to any of you;

nor did we eat anyone's food without paying for it. On the contrary, we worked night and day, laboring and toiling so that we would not be a burden to any of you.

Nor did we eat anyone's bread without paying for it, but with toil and struggle we worked night and day, that we might not be a burden or impose on any of you [for our support].

neither did we eat bread at the hand of anyone gratis. But we engaged in manual labor for our livelihood in weariness and hardship night and day, in order that we might not be a burden to any one of you;

We did not eat anyone's food without paying for it. In fact we toiled and laboured night and day to avoid being the slightest expense to any of you.

I did not eat any man's bread without paying for it, but with toil and hard labor I worked night and day, in order not to be a burden to any of you.

1. 5. American Independence vs. Body Interdependence; "Poverty in the Body of Christ" - Neil Girrard
2. Misusing Wealth; Lords of Darkness - Neil Girrard
3. One Hundred and Seven Theses - Steve Camp
4. The Paradigm Shift - Neil Girrard
5. Paul's Fund Raising; The End Time Men - W.W. Fischer
6. 8. The Question of Finance; The Normal Christian Church Life - Watchman Nee

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