^34 [a]Yes, you yourselves know ^(A)that these hands have provided for my necessities, and for those who were with me.

³ So, because he was of the same trade, he stayed with them ^(A)and worked; for by occupation they were tentmakers.

⁸ nor did we eat anyone’s bread ^[a]free of charge, but worked with ^(A)labor and toil night and day, that we might not be a burden to any of you, ⁹ not because we do not have ^(B)authority, but to make ourselves an example of how you should follow us.

^12 (A)And we labor, working with our own hands. ^(B)Being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we endure;

⁹ For you remember, brethren, our ^(A)labor and toil; for laboring night and day, ^(B)that we might not be a burden to any of you, we preached to you the gospel of God.

²² So he sent into Macedonia two of those who ministered to him, ^(A)Timothy and ^(B)Erastus, but he himself stayed in Asia for a time.