Thematic Bible: Self-support


Thematic Bible



and as they practiced the same trade, he stayed with them, and they worked together, for they were tent-makers. Verse ConceptsArts And Crafts, Types ofTentsIndustry, Examples OfTentmakingLike Good PeopleStaying Temporarilypartnershipvocation


You know well enough that these hands of mine provided for my needs and my companions. Verse ConceptsPoverty, Remedies ForIndustryActing For Oneselfprovidingministering

I did not eat anybody's bread without paying for it, but with toil and labor I worked night and day, in order not to be a burden to any of you. Verse ConceptsdiligenceNightPoverty, Remedies ForLabour Day And NightThose Who ToiledHardship

So he stayed for two full years in rented lodgings of his own, and welcomed everybody who came to see 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 now so that I may become an illustration of this; I had rather die than do that. No one shall deprive me of this boast of mine. Verse ConceptsHope, Nature OfWagesPaul's BoastingBoasting