New Living Translation (©2007)
We certainly had the right to ask you to feed us, but we wanted to give you an example to follow.

English Standard Version (©2001)
It was not because we do not have that right, but to give you in ourselves an example to imitate.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
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.

International Standard Version (©2008)
It is not as though we did not have that right, but, we wanted to give you an example to follow.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
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.

King James Bible
Not because we have not power, but to make ourselves an ensample unto you to follow us.

American King James Version
Not because we have not power, but to make ourselves an ensample to you to follow us.

American Standard Version
not because we have not the right, but to make ourselves and ensample unto you, that ye should imitate us.

Bible in Basic English
Not because we have not the right, but to make ourselves an example to you, so that you might do the same.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Not as if we had not power: but that we might give ourselves a pattern unto you, to imitate us.

Darby Bible Translation
not that we have not the right, but that we might give ourselves as an example to you, in order to your imitating us.

English Revised Version
not because we have not the right, but to make ourselves an ensample unto you, that ye should imitate us.

Webster's Bible Translation
Not because we have not power, but to make ourselves a pattern to you to follow us.

Weymouth New Testament
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.

World English Bible
not because we don't have the right, but to make ourselves an example to you, that you should imitate us.

Young's Literal Translation
not because we have not authority, but that ourselves a pattern we might give to you, to imitate us;