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# brothers
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Here this means fellow Christians, including both men and women.
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# our labor and toil
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The words "labor" and "toil" mean basically the same thing. Paul uses them to emphasize how hard they worked. Alternate translation: "how hard we worked" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-doublet]])
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# Night and day we were working so that we might not weigh down any of you
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"We worked hard to make our own living so you would not need to support us"
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