# brothers

Here this means fellow Christians, including both men and women.

# our labor and toil

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/jit/figs-doublet]])

# Night and day we were working so that we might not be a burden to any of you

"We worked hard to make our own living so you would not need to support us"

