Thematic Bible: Self-support


Thematic Bible



and because he practiced the same trade, he lived with them and worked, for by trade they were tent makers. Verse ConceptsArts And Crafts, Types ofTentsIndustry, Examples OfTentmakingLike Good PeopleStaying Temporarilypartnershipvocation


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

neither did we eat bread from anyone's hand without paying for it, but in labor and travail worked night and day, that we might not burden any of you; Verse ConceptsdiligenceNightPoverty, Remedies ForLabour Day And NightThose Who ToiledHardship

Paul stayed two whole years in his own rented house, and received all who were coming to him, Verse ConceptsTwo YearsWelcoming Other PeoplePaying For Goods

But I have used none of these things, and I don't write these things that it may be done so in my case; for I would rather die, than that anyone should make my boasting void. Verse ConceptsHope, Nature OfWagesPaul's BoastingBoasting