³⁴ You know that these hands of mine have worked to supply my own needs and even the needs of those who were with me.

³ Paul lived and worked with them, for they were tentmakers^[a] just as he was.

⁸ We never accepted food from anyone without paying for it. We worked hard day and night so we would not be a burden to any of you. ⁹ We certainly had the right to ask you to feed us, but we wanted to give you an example to follow.

¹² We work wearily with our own hands to earn our living. We bless those who curse us. We are patient with those who abuse us.

⁹ Don’t you remember, dear brothers and sisters, how hard we worked among you? Night and day we toiled to earn a living so that we would not be a burden to any of you as we preached God’s Good News to you.

²² He sent his two assistants, Timothy and Erastus, ahead to Macedonia while he stayed awhile longer in the province of Asia.