⁸ And we did not take food from any man for nothing, but were working hard night and day not to be a trouble to any of you:

⁹ For you have the memory, my brothers, of our trouble and care; how, working night and day, so that we might not be a trouble to any of you, we gave you the good news of God.

³ And because he was of the same trade, he was living with them, and they did their work together; for by trade they were tent-makers.

¹¹ And that you may take pride in being quiet and doing your business, working with your hands as we gave you orders;

²⁸ Let him who was a thief be so no longer, but let him do good work with his hands, so that he may have something to give to him who is in need.

¹² Now to such we give orders and make request in the Lord Jesus, that, working quietly, they get their living.

⁹ And when I was present with you, and was in need, I let no man be responsible for me; for the brothers, when they came from Macedonia, gave me whatever was needed; and in everything I kept myself from being a trouble to you, and I will go on doing so.

¹² And with our hands we do the hardest work: when they give us curses we give blessings, when we undergo punishment we take it quietly;

³⁴ You yourselves have seen that with these hands I got what was necessary for me and those who were with me.

¹¹ Give us this day bread for our needs.

²⁷ She gives attention to the ways of her family, she does not take her food without working for it.