³⁴ and ye yourselves know that to my necessities, and to those who were with me, minister did these hands;

³ and because of being of the same craft, he did remain with them, and was working, for they were tent-makers as to craft;

²² and having sent to Macedonia two of those ministering to him -- Timotheus and Erastus -- he himself stayed a time in Asia.

¹² and labour, working with `our' own hands; being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer;

⁹ for ye remember, brethren, our labour and travail, for, night and day working not to be a burden upon any of you, we did preach to you the good news of God;

⁸ nor for nought did we eat bread of any one, but in labour and in travail, night and day working, not to be chargeable to any of you;

⁹ not because we have not authority, but that ourselves a pattern we might give to you, to imitate us;