And why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they neither toil nor spin,

Consider the lilies, how they grow; they neither toil nor spin; yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

and we toil, working with our own hands. When we are reviled, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure;

For you remember our labor and toil, brethren; we worked night and day, that we might not be a burden to any of you, while we preached to you the gospel of God.

I know your works, your toil and your patient endurance. I know that you cannot bear evil men, but you have tested those who call themselves apostles and are not, and have found them to be false;