Thematic Bible: Self-support


Thematic Bible



and because he was of the same trade continued and labored with them; for they were tent makers. Verse ConceptsArts And Crafts, Types ofTentsIndustry, Examples OfTentmakingLike Good PeopleStaying Temporarilypartnershipvocation


you yourselves know that these hands have served my necessities and those with me. Verse ConceptsPoverty, Remedies ForIndustryActing For Oneselfprovidingministering

neither did we eat bread of any one for nought, but worked with labor and fatigue, night and day, not to be burdensome to any of you; Verse ConceptsdiligenceNightPoverty, Remedies ForLabour Day And NightThose Who ToiledHardship

But Paul continued two entire years in his hired house, and received all who came to him, Verse ConceptsTwo YearsWelcoming Other PeoplePaying For Goods

But I have used none of these things, and I have not written these things that it should be so done to me; for I prefer to die, rather than that any one should make my boasting vain. Verse ConceptsHope, Nature OfWagesPaul's BoastingBoasting