2 Corinthians 11:7
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7 Was it a sin(A) for me to lower myself in order to elevate you by preaching the gospel of God(B) to you free of charge?(C)
2 Corinthians 12:13
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13 How were you inferior to the other churches, except that I was never a burden to you?(A) Forgive me this wrong!(B)
1 Thessalonians 2:9
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9 Surely you remember, brothers and sisters, our toil and hardship; we worked(A) night and day in order not to be a burden to anyone(B) while we preached the gospel of God to you.
2 Corinthians 10:1
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Paul’s Defense of His Ministry
10 By the humility and gentleness(A) of Christ, I appeal to you—I, Paul,(B) who am “timid” when face to face with you, but “bold” toward you when away!
1 Corinthians 9:6
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6 Or is it only I and Barnabas(A) who lack the right to not work for a living?
1 Corinthians 4:10-12
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10 We are fools for Christ,(A) but you are so wise in Christ!(B) We are weak, but you are strong!(C) You are honored, we are dishonored! 11 To this very hour we go hungry and thirsty, we are in rags, we are brutally treated, we are homeless.(D) 12 We work hard with our own hands.(E) When we are cursed, we bless;(F) when we are persecuted,(G) we endure it;
2 Thessalonians 3:8
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8 nor did we eat anyone’s food without paying for it. On the contrary, we worked(A) night and day, laboring and toiling so that we would not be a burden to any of you.
1 Corinthians 9:14-18
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14 In the same way, the Lord has commanded that those who preach the gospel should receive their living from the gospel.(A)
15 But I have not used any of these rights.(B) And I am not writing this in the hope that you will do such things for me, for I would rather die than allow anyone to deprive me of this boast.(C) 16 For when I preach the gospel, I cannot boast, since I am compelled to preach.(D) Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel! 17 If I preach voluntarily, I have a reward;(E) if not voluntarily, I am simply discharging the trust committed to me.(F) 18 What then is my reward? Just this: that in preaching the gospel I may offer it free of charge,(G) and so not make full use of my rights(H) as a preacher of the gospel.
Acts 20:34
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34 You yourselves know that these hands of mine have supplied my own needs and the needs of my companions.(A)
Acts 18:1-3
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In Corinth
18 After this, Paul left Athens(A) and went to Corinth.(B) 2 There he met a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla,(C) because Claudius(D) had ordered all Jews to leave Rome. Paul went to see them, 3 and because he was a tentmaker as they were, he stayed and worked with them.(E)
1 Corinthians 9:12
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12 If others have this right of support from you, shouldn’t we have it all the more?
But we did not use this right.(A) On the contrary, we put up with anything rather than hinder(B) the gospel of Christ.
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