Thematic Bible: Self-support


Thematic Bible



and, because they followed the same trade of tentmaking, he stayed with them and went to work [for them]. Verse ConceptsArts And Crafts, Types ofTentsIndustry, Examples OfTentmakingLike Good PeopleStaying Temporarilypartnershipvocation


You [also] know that I worked with my own hands to provide not only my own needs, but the needs of those who were with me. Verse ConceptsPoverty, Remedies ForIndustryActing For Oneselfprovidingministering

neither did we eat anyone's food without paying for it. But by hard labor and toil, we worked night and day so as not to be a burden to any of you. Verse ConceptsdiligenceNightPoverty, Remedies ForLabour Day And NightThose Who ToiledHardship

Then Paul lived for two whole years in his own rented house and welcomed everyone who visited him. Verse ConceptsTwo YearsWelcoming Other PeoplePaying For Goods

But I have not availed myself of any of these rights. And I am not writing this so that it would be done in my case, for I would rather die than have anyone make my boast [i.e., of preaching without financial support] an empty one. Verse ConceptsHope, Nature OfWagesPaul's BoastingBoasting