Thematic Bible: Support of


Thematic Bible












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

I did not eat any man's bread without paying for it, but with toil and hard 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 Paul for two whole years lived in a rented house of his own; he continued to welcome everybody who came to see him; Verse ConceptsTwo YearsWelcoming Other PeoplePaying For Goods

But I myself have never used any of these rights. And I am not writing this just to make it so in my case, for I had rather die than do that. No one shall rob me of this ground of boasting. Verse ConceptsHope, Nature OfWagesPaul's BoastingBoasting

For the Scripture says, "You must not muzzle an ox when he is treading out the grain," and, "The workman deserves his pay." Verse ConceptsEmploymentMastersMinistry, In The ChurchThreshingWord Of GodMuzzlingOxenBinding As AnimalsScripture SaysSpecial RevelationRewardWorth


Just so the Lord has issued orders that those who preach the good news shall get their living out of it. Verse ConceptsCommands, in NTMinistry, In The ChurchSchoolLiveSupportSpreading The GospelLiving For GodMinistrypreaching



So, to keep me from being over-elated, there was sent upon me a physical disease, sharp as a piercing stake, a messenger of Satan, to continue afflicting me, and so to keep me, I repeat, from being over-elated. Verse Conceptsevil, origins ofEnjoyment, Lack OfBodyGod, Purpose OfMinistry, Qualifications ForPainSatan, Kingdom OfThornsWeakness, PhysicalBeneficial Afflictions For HumilityAfflictions, Benefits OfSatan, Work OfAfflictions Of MinistersDamage To The BodySigns Of Possible Demon PossessionSatanharassment


To this very hour we have gone hungry, thirsty, poorly clad; we have been roughly knocked around; we have had no home. Verse ConceptsHunger, Examples OfHomeProperty, HousesThe HomelessAfflictions Of MinistersHomelessnessFoul ClothesBeating BelieversHomelessFeeding The Poorhunger


Are they ministers of Christ? So am I. I am talking like a man that has gone crazy -- as such I am superior! -- serving Him with labors greater by far, with far more imprisonments, with floggings vastly worse, and often at the point of death. Verse ConceptsApostles, Function In Early ChurchPrisonersPunishment, Legal Aspects OfAbundance, MaterialSuffering For Christ's SakeAfflictions Of MinistersBeating BelieversNearness Of DeathPeople Acting MadlyDeath Looms NearThose Who Toiled

so that none of you might be deceived amid these difficulties. For you knew yourselves that this is our appointed lot, Verse ConceptsAfflictions, In Christian LivingDestinyAfflictions Of MinistersGod Appointed AfflictionsChrist's Disciples Will SufferAfflictionstrails








For the Scripture says, "You must not muzzle an ox when he is treading out the grain," and, "The workman deserves his pay." Verse ConceptsEmploymentMastersMinistry, In The ChurchThreshingWord Of GodMuzzlingOxenBinding As AnimalsScripture SaysSpecial RevelationRewardWorth


Just so the Lord has issued orders that those who preach the good news shall get their living out of it. Verse ConceptsCommands, in NTMinistry, In The ChurchSchoolLiveSupportSpreading The GospelLiving For GodMinistrypreaching












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

I did not eat any man's bread without paying for it, but with toil and hard 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 Paul for two whole years lived in a rented house of his own; he continued to welcome everybody who came to see him; Verse ConceptsTwo YearsWelcoming Other PeoplePaying For Goods

But I myself have never used any of these rights. And I am not writing this just to make it so in my case, for I had rather die than do that. No one shall rob me of this ground of boasting. Verse ConceptsHope, Nature OfWagesPaul's BoastingBoasting

For the Scripture says, "You must not muzzle an ox when he is treading out the grain," and, "The workman deserves his pay." Verse ConceptsEmploymentMastersMinistry, In The ChurchThreshingWord Of GodMuzzlingOxenBinding As AnimalsScripture SaysSpecial RevelationRewardWorth


Just so the Lord has issued orders that those who preach the good news shall get their living out of it. Verse ConceptsCommands, in NTMinistry, In The ChurchSchoolLiveSupportSpreading The GospelLiving For GodMinistrypreaching