Thematic Bible: Self-support


Thematic Bible



and because he was of the same trade, he abode with them, and they wrought, for by their trade they were tentmakers. Verse ConceptsArts And Crafts, Types ofTentsIndustry, Examples OfTentmakingLike Good PeopleStaying Temporarilypartnershipvocation


Ye yourselves know that these hands ministered unto my necessities, and to them that were with me. Verse ConceptsPoverty, Remedies ForIndustryActing For Oneselfprovidingministering

neither did we eat bread for nought at any man's hand, but in labor and travail, working night and day, that we might not burden any of you: Verse ConceptsdiligenceNightPoverty, Remedies ForLabour Day And NightThose Who ToiledHardship

And he abode two whole years in his own hired dwelling, and received all that went in unto him, Verse ConceptsTwo YearsWelcoming Other PeoplePaying For Goods

But I have used none of these things: and I write not these things that it may be so done in my case; for it were good for me rather to die, than that any man should make my glorifying void. Verse ConceptsHope, Nature OfWagesPaul's BoastingBoasting

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