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In everything I showed you that by working hard like this we must help those who are weak, and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that He said, 'It makes one happier to give than to get.'"
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Continue to be an example in wholesome instructions which you learned from me, in the faith and love that come through union with Christ Jesus.
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Yet, mercy was shown me for the very purpose that in my case as the foremost of sinners Jesus might display His perfect patience, to make me an example to those who in the future might believe on Him to obtain eternal life.
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Follow my example, brothers, and keep your eyes on those who practice living by the pattern we have set you.
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So I beg you, make it your habit to follow my example,
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You must follow my example, just as I myself am following Christ's.
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Practice the things you learned, received, and heard from me, things that you saw me do, and then the God who gives us peace will be with you.
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However, I should like for everyone to be just as I am myself, yet each of us has his own special gift from God, one for one way, another for another. To unmarried people and to widows I would say this: It would be a fine thing for them to remain single, as I am.
You know yourselves how you ought to follow my example; for I was not a shirker when I was with you; I did not eat any man's bread without paying for it, but with toil and hard labor I worked night and day, in order not to be a burden to any of you. Not that I have no right to be supported, but to make myself an example for you to follow. read more.
For when I was with you, I gave you this direction, "If a person refuses to work, he must not be allowed to eat."
For when I was with you, I gave you this direction, "If a person refuses to work, he must not be allowed to eat."
Industry » Instances of » Paul
and as they all had the same trade, they proceeded to work together.
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I have never coveted any man's silver or gold or clothes. You know yourselves that these hands of mine provided for my own needs and for my companions.
I did not eat any man's bread without paying for it, but with toil and hard labor I worked night and day, in order not to be a burden to any of you.
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Labor » Why you should labor
I did not eat any man's bread without paying for it, but with toil and hard labor I worked night and day, in order not to be a burden to any of you.
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Leaders » Support of » Self-support as practised by paul
and as they all had the same trade, they proceeded to work together.
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You remember, brothers, our hard labor and toil. We kept up our habit of working night and day, in order not to be a burden to any of you when we preached to you.
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You know yourselves that these hands of mine provided for my own needs and for my companions.
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I did not eat any man's bread without paying for it, but with toil and hard labor I worked night and day, in order not to be a burden to any of you.
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So Paul for two whole years lived in a rented house of his own; he continued to welcome everybody who came to see him;
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But I myself have never used any of these rights. And I am not writing this just to make it so in my case, for I had rather die than do that. No one shall rob me of this ground of boasting.
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Paul » His independence of character
You remember, brothers, our hard labor and toil. We kept up our habit of working night and day, in order not to be a burden to any of you when we preached to you.
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I did not eat any man's bread without paying for it, but with toil and hard labor I worked night and day, in order not to be a burden to any of you.
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Paul's » Voyage to rome - with luke, aristarchus, and others ac 27-28 » Self-support
and as they all had the same trade, they proceeded to work together.
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You remember, brothers, our hard labor and toil. We kept up our habit of working night and day, in order not to be a burden to any of you when we preached to you.
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You know yourselves that these hands of mine provided for my own needs and for my companions.
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I did not eat any man's bread without paying for it, but with toil and hard labor I worked night and day, in order not to be a burden to any of you.
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So Paul for two whole years lived in a rented house of his own; he continued to welcome everybody who came to see him;
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But I myself have never used any of these rights. And I am not writing this just to make it so in my case, for I had rather die than do that. No one shall rob me of this ground of boasting.
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Religious » Support of » Self-support as practised by paul
and as they all had the same trade, they proceeded to work together.
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You remember, brothers, our hard labor and toil. We kept up our habit of working night and day, in order not to be a burden to any of you when we preached to you.
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You know yourselves that these hands of mine provided for my own needs and for my companions.
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I did not eat any man's bread without paying for it, but with toil and hard labor I worked night and day, in order not to be a burden to any of you.
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So Paul for two whole years lived in a rented house of his own; he continued to welcome everybody who came to see him;
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But I myself have never used any of these rights. And I am not writing this just to make it so in my case, for I had rather die than do that. No one shall rob me of this ground of boasting.
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Unselfishness » Instances of » Paul
just as I myself am in the habit of pleasing everybody in everything, not aiming at my own welfare but at that of as many people as possible, in order that they may be saved.
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It is not your gift that I want, but I do want the profits to pile up to your credit.
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I did not eat any man's bread without paying for it, but with toil and hard labor I worked night and day, in order not to be a burden to any of you.
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What difference then does it make? In one way or another, whether in pretense or in sincerity, Christ is being preached, and that is the thing that makes me glad; yes, more too, I will continue to be glad of it,
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