Thematic Bible: Self-support


Thematic Bible



and because he worked at the same trade, he stayed with them and worked with them (for they were tentmakers by trade). Verse ConceptsArts And Crafts, Types ofTentsIndustry, Examples OfTentmakingLike Good PeopleStaying Temporarilypartnershipvocation


You yourselves know that these hands of mine provided for my needs and the needs of those who were with me. Verse ConceptsPoverty, Remedies ForIndustryActing For Oneselfprovidingministering

and we did not eat anyone's food without paying. Instead, in toil and drudgery we worked night and day in order not to burden any of you. Verse ConceptsdiligenceNightPoverty, Remedies ForLabour Day And NightThose Who ToiledHardship

Paul lived there two whole years in his own rented quarters and welcomed all who came to him, Verse ConceptsTwo YearsWelcoming Other PeoplePaying For Goods

But I have not used any of these rights. And I am not writing these things so that something will be done for me. In fact, it would be better for me to die than -- no one will deprive me of my reason for boasting! Verse ConceptsHope, Nature OfWagesPaul's BoastingBoasting

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