Surely you recall, brothers, our labor and toil. We worked night and day so that we would not be a burden to anyone while we proclaimed to you the gospel of God.
For you yourselves know how you ought to imitate us, because we were not undisciplined among you,
And when I was with you and in need, I was not a burden to anyone; for the brothers who came from Macedonia supplied my
and he stayed and worked with them because they were tentmakers by trade, just as he was.
In what way were you inferior to the other churches, except that I was not a burden to you? Forgive me this wrong!
Nor did we seek praise from you or from anyone else, although as apostles of Christ we had authority to demand it.
But I have not used any of these rights. And I am not writing this to suggest that something be done for me. Indeed, I w
Each day one ox, six choice sheep, and some fowl were prepared for me, and once every ten days an abundance of all kinds
Or are Barnabas and I the only apostles who must work for a living?
I thank God, whom I serve with a clear conscience as did my forefathers, as I constantly remember you night and day in m
To this end we labor and strive, because we have set our hope on the living God, who is the Savior of everyone, and espe
The widow who is truly in need and left all alone puts her hope in God and continues night and day in her petitions and
The governors before me had heavily burdened the people, taking from them bread and wine plus forty shekels of silver. T
Therefore be alert and remember that for three years I never stopped warning each of you night and day with tears.
What then is my reward? That in preaching the gospel I may offer it free of charge, and so not use up my rights in preac
and continually recalling before our God and Father your work of faith, your labor of love, and your enduring hope in ou
Night and day we pray most earnestly that we may see you face to face and supply what is lacking in your faith.
by the power of signs and wonders, and by the power of the Spirit of God. So from Jerusalem all the way around to Illyri
As you are aware, we had already endured suffering and shameful treatment in Philippi. But in the face of strong opposit
to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles in the priestly service of the gospel of God, so that the Gentiles migh
For even while I was in Thessalonica, you provided for my needs again and again.
Oh, that my head were a spring of water, and my eyes a fountain of tears! I would weep day and night over the slain daug
and then was a widow to the age of eighty-four. She never left the temple, but worshiped night and day, fasting and pray
A song. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. For the choirmaster. According to Mahalath Leannoth. A Maskil of Heman the Ezrahit
that agrees with the glorious gospel of the blessed God, with which I have been entrusted.
Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, and set apart for the gospel of God—
We work hard with our own hands. When we are vilified, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure it;
in beatings, imprisonments, and riots; in labor, sleepless nights, and hunger;
Will not God bring about justice for His elect who cry out to Him day and night? Will He delay in helping them?
For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me; my strength was drained as in the summer heat. Selah
You yourselves know that these hands of mine have ministered to my own needs and those of my companions.
But I consider my life of no value to me, if only I may finish my course and complete the ministry I have received from