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# 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"