nordid we eatanyone'sbreadwithout payingfor it, but with laborand hardshipwe [kept] workingnightand daysothat we would not be a burdento anyof you;
"Pleaselet us goto the Jordanand eachof us takefrom therea beam,and let us makea placetherefor ourselves wherewe may live."So he said,"Go."
Now that whichwas preparedfor each daywas oneox[and] sixchoicesheep,also birdswere preparedfor me; and oncein tendaysallsorts of wine[were furnished] in abundance.Yet for all thisI did not demandthe governor'sfood[allowance], becausethe servitudewas heavyon thispeople.
She lookswellto the waysof her household,And does not eatthe breadof idleness.
Giveus this dayour dailybread.
and becausehe was of the same trade,he stayedwith them and they were working,for by tradethey were tent-makers.
"You yourselvesknowthat thesehandsministeredto my [own] needsand to the men who were with me.
and we toil,workingwith our ownhands;when we are reviled,we bless;when we are persecuted,we endure;
Do we not havea rightto eatand drink?
[I have been] in laborand hardship,throughmanysleepless nights,in hungerand thirst,oftenwithout food,in coldand exposure.
and when I was presentwith you and was in need,I was not a burdento anyone;for when the brethrencamefrom Macedoniathey fully suppliedmy need,and in everythingI keptmyselffrom being a burdento you, and will continueto do so.
He who stealsmust stealno longer;but ratherhe must labor,performingwith his ownhandswhat is good,sothat he will have[something] to sharewith onewho hasneed.
For you recall,brethren,our laborand hardship,[how] workingnightand daysoas not to be a burdento anyof you, we proclaimedto you the gospelof God.
and to make it your ambitionto lead a quiet lifeand attendto your ownbusiness and workwith your hands,justas we commandedyou,
Nowsuch personswe commandand exhortin the LordJesusChristto workin quiet fashionand eattheir ownbread.
