and because he was of the same trade, he remained with them and worked, for they were tentmakers by trade.

And we labor, working with our own hands. Being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we endure;

For you remember, brothers, our labor and toil; for laboring night and day, that we might not be a burden to any of you, we proclaimed to you the gospel of God.

nor did we eat bread from anyone without paying, but in labor and hardship, working night and day, so as not to be a burden to any of you,

not because we do not have authority, but in order that we may give ourselves as a pattern to you, so that you might follow us.