Thematic Bible: Voyage to rome - with luke, aristarchus, and others ac 27-28
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Paul's » Voyage to rome - with luke, aristarchus, and others ac 27-28 » Self-support
and because he was of the same trade, he stayed with them; and they worked together for they were tent-makers.
For you remember, believers, our labor and hardship. We worked night and day [practicing our trade] in order not to be a [financial] burden to any of you while we proclaimed the gospel of God to you.
You know personally that these hands ministered to my own needs [working in manual labor] and to [those of] the people who were with me.
nor did we eat anyone’s bread without paying for it, but with labor and hardship we worked night and day [to pay our own way] so that we would not be a financial burden on any of you [for our support];
And Paul lived there for two full years [at his own expense] in his own rented lodging and welcomed all who came to him,
But I have used none of these privileges, nor am I writing this [to suggest] that any such provision be made for me now. For it would be better for me to die than to have anyone deprive me of my boast [in this matter of financial support].
Paul's » Voyage to rome - with luke, aristarchus, and others ac 27-28 » Thorn
Because of the surpassing greatness and extraordinary nature of the revelations [which I received from God], for this reason, to keep me from thinking of myself as important, a thorn in the flesh was given to me, a messenger of Satan, to torment and harass me—to keep me from exalting myself!
On the contrary, you know that it was because of a physical illness that I [remained and] preached the gospel to you the first time;
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