Bible Cross References
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2 Corinthians 10:1
I, Paul, make a personal appeal to you---I who am said to be meek and mild when I am with you, but harsh with you when I am away. By the gentleness and kindness of Christ
2 Corinthians 12:13
How were you treated any worse than the other churches, except that I did not bother you for financial help? Please forgive me for being so unfair!
Acts 18:1-3
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After this, Paul left Athens and went on to Corinth.
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There he met a Jew named Aquila, born in Pontus, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, for Emperor Claudius had ordered all the Jews to leave Rome. Paul went to see them,
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and stayed and worked with them, because he earned his living by making tents, just as they did.
Acts 20:34
You yourselves know that I have worked with these hands of mine to provide everything that my companions and I have needed.
1 Corinthians 4:10-12
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For Christ's sake we are fools; but you are wise in union with Christ! We are weak, but you are strong! We are despised, but you are honored!
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To this very moment we go hungry and thirsty; we are clothed in rags; we are beaten; we wander from place to place;
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we wear ourselves out with hard work. When we are cursed, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure;
1 Corinthians 9:6
Or are Barnabas and I the only ones who have to work for our living?
1 Corinthians 9:12
If others have the right to expect this from you, don't we have an even greater right? But we haven't made use of this right. Instead, we have endured everything in order not to put any obstacle in the way of the Good News about Christ.
1 Corinthians 9:14-18
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In the same way, the Lord has ordered that those who preach the gospel should get their living from it.
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But I haven't made use of any of these rights, nor am I writing this now in order to claim such rights for myself. I would rather die first! Nobody is going to turn my rightful boast into empty words!
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I have no right to boast just because I preach the gospel. After all, I am under orders to do so. And how terrible it would be for me if I did not preach the gospel!
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If I did my work as a matter of free choice, then I could expect to be paid; but I do it as a matter of duty, because God has entrusted me with this task.
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What pay do I get, then? It is the privilege of preaching the Good News without charging for it, without claiming my rights in my work for the gospel.
1 Thessalonians 2:9
Surely you remember, our friends, how we worked and toiled! We worked day and night so that we would not be any trouble to you as we preached to you the Good News from God.
2 Thessalonians 3:8
We did not accept anyone's support without paying for it. Instead, we worked and toiled; we kept working day and night so as not to be an expense to any of you.