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

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.

²² And having sent two of his helpers, Timothy and Erastus, into Macedonia, he himself went on living in Asia for a time.

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;

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.

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 Not because we have not the right, but to make ourselves an example to you, so that you might do the same.