Acts 18:3
and because he was of the same trade, he stayed with them; and they worked together for they were tent-makers.
1 Corinthians 4:12
We work [for our living], working hard with our own hands. When we are reviled and verbally abused, we bless. When we are persecuted, we take it patiently and endure.
1 Thessalonians 2:9
For you remember,
Acts 20:34-35
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.
1 Corinthians 9:6-12
Or is it only Barnabas and I who have no right to stop doing manual labor [in order to support our ministry]?
2 Corinthians 11:7
Or did I [perhaps] sin by humbling myself so that you might be exalted and honored, because I preached God’s gospel to you
2 Corinthians 11:9
And when I was with you and ran short [financially], I did not burden any of you; for what I needed was fully supplied by the brothers (Silas and Timothy) who came from Macedonia (the church at Philippi). So I kept myself from being a burden to you in any way, and will continue to do so.
2 Corinthians 12:13
For in what respect were you treated as inferior to the rest of the churches, except [for the fact] that I did not burden you [with my financial support]? Forgive me [for doing you] this injustice!
2 Thessalonians 3:8-9
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];