Thematic Bible: Self-support


Thematic Bible



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


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

Neither did we eat any man's bread for nothing; but worked with labor and travail night and day, that we might not be a burden to any of you: Verse ConceptsdiligenceNightPoverty, Remedies ForLabour Day And NightThose Who ToiledHardship

And Paul dwelt two whole years in his own hired house, and received all that came in unto him, Verse ConceptsTwo YearsWelcoming Other PeoplePaying For Goods

But I have used none of these things: neither have I written these things, that it should be so done unto me: for it were better for me to die, than that any man should make my boasting void. Verse ConceptsHope, Nature OfWagesPaul's BoastingBoasting