Not that we have no right to such support; it was simply to give you a pattern to copy.
For you know quite well how to copy us; we did not loaf in your midst,
we never sought honour from men, from you or from anybody else, though as apostles of Christ we had the power of claiming to be men of weight;
Those who are taught must share all the blessings of life with those who teach them the Word.
It is your vocation; for when Christ suffered for you, he left you an example, and you must follow his footsteps.
for I have been setting you an example, that you should do what I have done to you.
nor a wallet for the road, nor two shirts, nor sandals, nor stick — the workman deserves his rations.
Then imitate me, I beg of you.
not by way of lording it over your charges but proving a pattern to the flock.