And why are ye anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow. They toil not, nor do they spin,

Consider the lilies, how they grow. They toil not, nor do they spin, and I say to you, not even Solomon in all his glory was arrayed like one of these.

And we toil, working with our own hands. Being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we endure;

in toil and hardship, in frequent sleeplessness, in hunger and thirst, in frequent fasts, in cold and nakedness.

nor did we eat bread gratis from any man, but in labor and toil, working night and day in order not to burden any of you.

I know thy works, and thy toil, and thy perseverance, and that thou cannot tolerate evil, and thou examined those who say themselves to be apostles, and are not, and found them false.