Romans 13:6-7
This, too, is the reason for your paying taxes; for the officials are God's officers, devoting themselves to this special work.
1 Corinthians 9:4-15
Have not we a right to food and drink?
1 Corinthians 9:18
What is my reward, then? To present the Good News free of all cost, and so make but a sparing use of the rights which it gives me.
2 Thessalonians 3:8-9
Nor did we eat any one's bread without paying for it. Night and day, laboring and toiling, we used to work at our trades, so as not to be a burden upon any of you.
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Moreover from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year even unto the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes the king, that is, twelve years, I and my brethren have not eaten the bread of the governor.
I and my
The bread
Bible References
I and my
1 Corinthians 9:4
Have not we a right to food and drink?
2 Thessalonians 3:8
Nor did we eat any one's bread without paying for it. Night and day, laboring and toiling, we used to work at our trades, so as not to be a burden upon any of you.
The bread
Romans 13:6
This, too, is the reason for your paying taxes; for the officials are God's officers, devoting themselves to this special work.