And to such [people] we command and urge by our Lord Jesus Christ that they work in quietness and eat their own bread.

The ways of her household are careful, and she eats not the bread of idleness.

Give us today our daily bread.

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

You yourselves know that these hands rendered service to my needs, and those who were with me.

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

and when I was present with you, and in need, I did not burden anyone; for the brothers who came from Macedonia supplied my need. And in everything I kept myself from being a burden to you, and so I will keep myself.

and that you aspire to be quiet, and to mind your own business, and to work with your own hands, just as we commanded you,

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.