Acts 18:3

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

and, because he was of the same trade, he stayed with them, and they worked together—by trade they were tentmakers.

Cross References

2 Kings 6:2

Let us go to the Jordan, and let us collect logs there, one for each of us, and build a place there for us to live.” He answered, “Do so.”

1 Corinthians 4:12

and we grow weary from the work of our own hands. When reviled, we bless; when persecuted, we endure;

1 Corinthians 9:14

In the same way, the Lord commanded that those who proclaim the gospel should get their living by the gospel.

1 Corinthians 9:15

But I have made no use of any of these rights, nor am I writing this so that they may be applied in my case. Indeed, I would rather die than that—no one will deprive me of my ground for boasting!

1 Corinthians 9:18

What then is my wage? Just this: that in my proclamation I may make the gospel free of charge, so as not to make full use of my rights in the gospel.

2 Corinthians 11:7

Did I commit a sin by humbling myself so that you might be exalted, because I proclaimed God’s good news to you free of charge?

2 Corinthians 11:9

And when I was with you and was in need, I did not burden anyone, for my needs were supplied by the brothers who came from Macedonia. So I refrained and will continue to refrain from burdening you in any way.

2 Corinthians 12:13

How have you been worse off than the other churches, except that I myself did not burden you? Forgive me this wrong!

1 Thessalonians 2:9

You remember our labor and toil, brothers and sisters; we worked night and day so that we might not burden any of you while we proclaimed to you the gospel of God.

1 Thessalonians 4:11

to aspire to live quietly, to mind your own affairs, and to work with your hands, as we directed you,