Acts 18:3 (KJV) - And because he was of the same craft,...

Acts 20:34

KJV

Yea, ye yourselves know, that these hands have ministered unto my necessities, and to them that were with me.

Paul’s Farewell to the Ephesians

1 Corinthians 4:12

KJV

And labour, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it:

Servants of Christ

1 Corinthians 9:12

KJV

If others be partakers of this power over you, are not we rather? Nevertheless we have not used this power; but suffer all things, lest we should hinder the gospel of Christ.

The Rights of an Apostle

Paul’s Use of Liberty

1 Corinthians 9:14

KJV

Even so hath the Lord ordained that they which preach the gospel should live of the gospel.

The Rights of an Apostle

Paul’s Use of Liberty

1 Corinthians 9:15

KJV

But I have used none of these things: neither have I written these things, that it should be so done unto me: for it were better for me to die, than that any man should make my glorying void.

The Rights of an Apostle

Paul’s Use of Liberty

1 Corinthians 9:18

KJV

What is my reward then? Verily that, when I preach the gospel, I may make the gospel of Christ without charge, that I abuse not my power in the gospel.

The Rights of an Apostle

Paul’s Use of Liberty

2 Corinthians 11:7

KJV

Have I committed an offence in abasing myself that ye might be exalted, because I have preached to you the gospel of God freely?

Paul and the False Apostles

Paul Defends His Apostleship

2 Corinthians 12:13

KJV

For what is it wherein ye were inferior to other churches, except it be that I myself was not burdensome to you? forgive me this wrong.

Paul’s Concern for the Corinthians

A Thorn in the Flesh

1 Thessalonians 2:9

KJV

For ye remember, brethren, our labour and travail: for labouring night and day, because we would not be chargeable unto any of you, we preached unto you the gospel of God.

Paul’s Ministry

1 Thessalonians 4:11

KJV

And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;

Living to Please God

2 Thessalonians 3:8

KJV

Neither did we eat any man’s bread for nought; but wrought with labour and travail night and day, that we might not be chargeable to any of you:

Acts 18:3

And because he was of the same craft, he abode with them, and wrought: for by their occupation they were tentmakers.

Paul Ministers in Corinth

Paul at Corinth

Cross References

Paul’s Farewell to the Ephesians

Servants of Christ

Servants of Christ

The Rights of an Apostle

Paul’s Use of Liberty

The Rights of an Apostle

Paul’s Use of Liberty

The Rights of an Apostle

Paul’s Use of Liberty

The Rights of an Apostle

Paul’s Use of Liberty

Paul and the False Apostles

Paul Defends His Apostleship

Paul’s Concern for the Corinthians

A Thorn in the Flesh

Paul’s Ministry

Paul’s Ministry

Living to Please God

A Warning against Idleness

Exhortation