You also became (A)imitators of us and of the Lord, (B)having received (C)the word during great affliction with the (D)joy of the Holy Spirit,

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You became imitators of us(A) and of the Lord, for you welcomed the message in the midst of severe suffering(B) with the joy(C) given by the Holy Spirit.(D)

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

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Thessalonians 3:9 Or imitate us

We did this, not because we do not have the right to such help,(A) but in order to offer ourselves as a model for you to imitate.(B)

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