3:7 你們自己原知道應當怎樣效法我們。因為我們在你們中間，未嘗不按規矩而行，
3:8 也未嘗白吃人的飯，倒是辛苦勞碌，晝夜做工，免得叫你們一人受累。
3:9 這並不是因我們沒有權柄，乃是要給你們作榜樣，叫你們效法我們。
For you yourselves know how you ought to
follow our example. We were not idle when we were with 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. 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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保羅向弟兄姊妹們表明自己是殷勤做工的人，也希望弟兄姊妹也要殷勤服事上帝，以他為榜樣，這就是傳道者的精神。
今日我們成為傳道者也要主動殷勤來服事教會的弟兄姊妹。牧人員有一個重要特質，就是主動服事有需要之弟兄姊妹，不是被動等待他們來求救。因為我們是受託於主來照顧祂的教會。
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