Bible Cross References
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Acts 20:34
You yourselves know that I have worked with these hands of mine to provide everything that my companions and I have needed.
Acts 20:35
I have shown you in all things that by working hard in this way we must help the weak, remembering the words that the Lord Jesus himself said, 'There is more happiness in giving than in receiving.' "
1 Corinthians 4:12
we wear ourselves out with hard work. When we are cursed, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure;
1 Corinthians 9:6-12
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Or are Barnabas and I the only ones who have to work for our living?
7
What soldiers ever have to pay their own expenses in the army? What farmers do not eat the grapes from their own vineyard? What shepherds do not use the milk from their own sheep?
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I don't have to limit myself to these everyday examples, because the Law says the same thing.
9
We read in the Law of Moses, "Do not muzzle an ox when you are using it to thresh grain." Now, is God concerned about oxen?
10
Didn't he really mean us when he said that? Of course that was written for us. Anyone who plows and anyone who reaps should do their work in the hope of getting a share of the crop.
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We have sown spiritual seed among you. Is it too much if we reap material benefits from you?
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If others have the right to expect this from you, don't we have an even greater right? But we haven't made use of this right. Instead, we have endured everything in order not to put any obstacle in the way of the Good News about Christ.
2 Corinthians 11:9
And during the time I was with you I did not bother you for help when I needed money; the believers who came from Macedonia brought me everything I needed. As in the past, so in the future: I will never be a burden to you!
1 Thessalonians 2:9
Surely you remember, our friends, how we worked and toiled! We worked day and night so that we would not be any trouble to you as we preached to you the Good News from God.
2 Thessalonians 3:8
We did not accept anyone's support without paying for it. Instead, we worked and toiled; we kept working day and night so as not to be an expense to any of you.
2 Thessalonians 3:9
We did this, not because we do not have the right to demand our support; we did it to be an example for you to follow.