Now them that are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.

She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness.

Give us this day our daily bread.

And because he was of the same craft, he abode with them, and wrought: for by their occupation they were tentmakers.

Yea, ye yourselves know, that these hands have ministered unto my necessities, and to them that were with me.

And labour, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it:

And when I was present with you, and wanted, I was chargeable to no man: for that which was lacking to me the brethren which came from Macedonia supplied: and in all things I have kept myself from being burdensome unto you, and so will I keep myself.

And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;

For ye remember, brethren, our labour and travail: for labouring night and day, because we would not be chargeable unto any of you, we preached unto you the gospel of God.