Acts 18:3

Good News Translation

and stayed and worked with them, because he earned his living by making tents, just as they did.

Cross References

2 Kings 6:2

Give us permission to go to the Jordan and cut down some trees, so that we can build a place to live.” “All right,” Elisha answered.

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 9:14

In the same way, the Lord has ordered that those who preach the gospel should get their living from it.

1 Corinthians 9:15

But I haven't made use of any of these rights, nor am I writing this now in order to claim such rights for myself. I would rather die first! Nobody is going to turn my rightful boast into empty words!

1 Corinthians 9:18

What pay do I get, then? It is the privilege of preaching the Good News without charging for it, without claiming my rights in my work for the gospel.

2 Corinthians 11:7

I did not charge you a thing when I preached the Good News of God to you; I humbled myself in order to make you important. Was that wrong of me?

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!

2 Corinthians 12:13

How were you treated any worse than the other churches, except that I did not bother you for financial help? Please forgive me for being so unfair!

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.

1 Thessalonians 4:11

Make it your aim to live a quiet life, to mind your own business, and to earn your own living, just as we told you before.