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Holman Christian Standard Bible
9 It is not that we don't have the right [to support], but we did it to make ourselves an example to you so that you would imitate us.
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English Standard Version
9 It was not because we do not have that right, but to give you in ourselves an example to imitate.
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King James Version
9 Not because we have not power, but to make ourselves an ensample unto you to follow us.
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The Message Bible
9 And it wasn't because we didn't have a right to your support; we did. We simply wanted to provide an example of diligence, hoping it would prove contagious.
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New American Standard Bible
9 not because we do not have the right to this, but in order to offer ourselves as a model for you, so that you would follow our example.
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New International Version
9 We did this, not because we do not have the right to such help, but in order to offer ourselves as a model for you to imitate.
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New King James Version
9 not because we do not have authority, but to make ourselves an example of how you should follow us.
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New Living Translation
9 We certainly had the right to ask you to feed us, but we wanted to give you an example to follow.
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New Revised Standard
9 This was not because we do not have that right, but in order to give you an example to imitate.
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American Standard Version
9 not because we have not the right, but to make ourselves and ensample unto you, that ye should imitate us.
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The Bible in Basic English
9 Not because we have not the right, but to make ourselves an example to you, so that you might do the same.
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Common English Bible
9 We did this to give you an example to imitate, not because we didn't have a right to insist on financial support.
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Common English Bible w/ Apocrypha
9 We did this to give you an example to imitate, not because we didn't have a right to insist on financial support.
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The Complete Jewish Bible
9 It was not that we hadn't the right to be supported, but so that we could make ourselves an example to imitate.
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The Darby Translation
9 not that we have not the right, but that we might give ourselves as an example to you, in order to your imitating us.
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Good News Translation
9 We did this, not because we do not have the right to demand our support; we did it to be an example for you to follow.
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Good News Translation w/ Apocrypha
9 We did this, not because we do not have the right to demand our support; we did it to be an example for you to follow.
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GOD'S WORD Translation
9 It's not as though we didn't have a right to receive support. Rather, we wanted to set an example for you to follow.
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Hebrew Names Version
9 not because we don't have the right, but to make ourselves an example to you, that you should imitate us.
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Jubilee Bible 2000
9 Not because we did not have authority, but to give you an example that you might imitate us.
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King James Version w/ Apocrypha
9 Not because we have not power, but to make ourselves an ensample unto you to follow us.
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Lexham English Bible
9 not that we do not have the right, but so that we may give ourselves [as] an example to you, so that [you] may imitate us.
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New Century Version
9 We had the right to ask you to help us, but we worked to take care of ourselves so we would be an example for you to follow.
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New International Reader's Version
9 We worked, even though we have the right to receive help from you. We did it in order to be a model for you to follow.
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New Revised Standard w/ Apocrypha
9 This was not because we do not have that right, but in order to give you an example to imitate.
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Douay-Rheims Catholic Bible
9 Not as if we had not power: but that we might give ourselves a pattern unto you, to imitate us.
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Revised Standard Version
9 It was not because we have not that right, but to give you in our conduct an example to imitate.
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Revised Standard Version w/ Apocrypha
9 It was not because we have not that right, but to give you in our conduct an example to imitate.
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SBL Greek New Testament
9 οὐχ ὅτι οὐκ ἔχομεν ἐξουσίαν, ἀλλ’ ἵνα ἑαυτοὺς τύπον δῶμεν ὑμῖν εἰς τὸ μιμεῖσθαι ἡμᾶς.
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Third Millennium Bible
9 not because we have not power, but to make ourselves an example unto you to follow us.
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Third Millennium Bible w/ Apocrypha
9 not because we have not power, but to make ourselves an example unto you to follow us.
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Tyndale
9 not but that we had auctoritie: but to make oure selves an insample vnto you to folowe vs.
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The Latin Vulgate
9 non quasi non habuerimus potestatem sed ut nosmet ipsos formam daremus vobis ad imitandum nos
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The Latin Vulgate w/ Apocrypha
9 non quasi non habuerimus potestatem sed ut nosmet ipsos formam daremus vobis ad imitandum nos
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The Webster Bible
9 Not because we have not power, but to make ourselves a pattern to you to follow us.
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World English Bible
9 not because we don't have the right, but to make ourselves an example to you, that you should imitate us.
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Weymouth New Testament
9 This was not because we had not a claim upon you, but it arose from a desire to set you an example--for you to imitate us.
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Wycliffe
9 Not as we had not power, but that we should give us selves [but that we should give ourselves] [an] ensample to you to follow us.
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Young's Literal Translation
9 not because we have not authority, but that ourselves a pattern we might give to you, to imitate us;
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