Let us go as far as the Jordan, and let us each take from the forest a piece of timber, so that we may build for ourselves a place to live there." And he said, "Go."
Acts 18:3 - Catholic Public Domain Version And because he was of the same trade, he lodged with them and was working. (Now they were tentmakers by trade.) 更多版本King James Version (Oxford) 1769 And because he was of the same craft, he abode with them, and wrought: for by their occupation they were tentmakers. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And because he was of the same occupation, he stayed with them; and they worked [together], for they were tentmakers by trade. American Standard Version (1901) and because he was of the same trade, he abode with them, and they wrought; for by their trade they were tentmakers. Common English Bible Because they practiced the same trade, he stayed and worked with them. They all worked with leather. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And because he was of the same trade, he remained with them, and wrought; (now they were tentmakers by trade.) English Standard Version 2016 and because he was of the same trade he stayed with them and worked, for they were tentmakers by trade. |
Let us go as far as the Jordan, and let us each take from the forest a piece of timber, so that we may build for ourselves a place to live there." And he said, "Go."
And we labor, working with our own hands. We are slandered, and so we bless. We suffer and endure persecution.
So, too, has the Lord ordained that those who announce the Gospel should live by the Gospel.
Yet I have used none of these things. And I have not written so that these things may be done for me. For it is better for me to die, rather than to let anyone empty out my glory.
And what, then, would be my reward? So, when preaching the Gospel, I should give the Gospel without taking, so that I may not misuse my authority in the Gospel.
Or did I commit a sin by humbling myself so that you would be exalted? For I preached the Gospel of God to you freely.
And when I was with you and in need, I was burdensome to no one. For the brothers who came from Macedonia supplied whatever was lacking to me. And in all things, I have kept myself, and I will keep myself, from being burdensome to you.
For what is there that you have had which is less than the other churches, except that I myself did not burden you? Forgive me this injury.
For you remember, brothers, our hardship and weariness. We preached the Gospel of God among you, working night and day, so that we would not be burdensome to any of you.
to choose work that allows you to be tranquil, and to carry out your business and to do your work with your own hands, just as we have instructed you,