Ordo onlyBarnabasand I not havea rightto refrainfrom working?
"Pleaselet us goto the Jordanand eachof us takefrom therea beam,and let us makea placetherefor ourselves wherewe may live."So he said,"Go."
and bringto the houseof our Godthe firstbornof our sonsand of our cattle,and the firstbornof our herdsand our flocksas it is writtenin the law,for the priestswho are ministeringin the houseof our God.
The newsaboutthem reachedthe earsof the churchat Jerusalem,and they sentBarnabasoffto Antioch.
But the Jewsincitedthe devoutwomenof prominenceand the leading menof the city,and instigateda persecutionagainstPauland Barnabas,and drovethem out of their district.
And they [began] callingBarnabas,Zeus,and Paul,Hermes,becausehe was the chiefspeaker.
and becausehe was of the same trade,he stayedwith them and they were working,for by tradethey were tent-makers.
Now Joseph,a Leviteof Cyprianbirth,who was also calledBarnabasby the apostles(whichtranslatedmeansSonof Encouragement),
But ifoneis inclinedto be contentious,we havenootherpractice,norhave the churchesof God.
I robbedotherchurchesby takingwages[from] [them] to serveyou;
For you recall,brethren,our laborand hardship,[how] workingnightand daysoas not to be a burdento anyof you, we proclaimedto you the gospelof God.
