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2 Corinthians 11 9
And when I was present with you, and in need, I was a burden to no one, for what I lacked the brethren who came from Macedonia supplied. And in everything I kept myself from being burdensome to you, and so I will keep myself.
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2 Thessalonians 3 7-2 Thessalonians 3 9
For you yourselves know how you ought to follow us, for we were not disorderly among you;nor did we eat anyone’s bread free of charge, but worked with labor and toil night and day, that we might not be a burden to any of you,not because we do not have authority, but to make ourselves an example of how you should follow us.
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Acts 18:3
So, because he was of the same trade, he stayed with them and worked; for by occupation they were tentmakers.
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1 Timothy 4 10
For to this end we both labor and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God, who is the Savior of all men, especially of those who believe.
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Acts 20:24
But none of these things move me; nor do I count my life dear to myself, so that I may finish my race with joy, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of the grace of God.
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1 Thessalonians 2 6
Nor did we seek glory from men, either from you or from others, when we might have made demands as apostles of Christ.
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2 Corinthians 6 5
in stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labors, in sleeplessness, in fastings;
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Jeremiah 9:1
Oh, that my head were waters, And my eyes a fountain of tears, That I might weep day and night For the slain of the daughter of my people!
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Romans 15:16
that I might be a minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering of the Gentiles might be acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.
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2 Timothy 1 3
I thank God, whom I serve with a pure conscience, as my forefathers did, as without ceasing I remember you in my prayers night and day,
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1 Thessalonians 3 10
night and day praying exceedingly that we may see your face and perfect what is lacking in your faith?
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1 Corinthians 4 12
And we labor, working with our own hands. Being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we endure;
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Psalms 32:4
For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me; My vitality was turned into the drought of summer. Selah
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Luke 2:37
and this woman was a widow of about eighty-four years, who did not depart from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day.
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Philippians 4:16
For even in Thessalonica you sent aid once and again for my necessities.
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1 Timothy 1 11
according to the glorious gospel of the blessed God which was committed to my trust.
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Luke 18:7
And shall God not avenge His own elect who cry out day and night to Him, though He bears long with them?
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Psalms 88:1
O Lord, God of my salvation, I have cried out day and night before You.
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Acts 20:31
Therefore watch, and remember that for three years I did not cease to warn everyone night and day with tears.
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1 Thessalonians 2 2
But even after we had suffered before and were spitefully treated at Philippi, as you know, we were bold in our God to speak to you the gospel of God in much conflict.
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1 Thessalonians 1 3
remembering without ceasing your work of faith, labor of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ in the sight of our God and Father,
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1 Timothy 5 5
Now she who is really a widow, and left alone, trusts in God and continues in supplications and prayers night and day.
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1 Corinthians 9 6-1 Corinthians 9 7
Or is it only Barnabas and I who have no right to refrain from working?Who ever goes to war at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat of its fruit? Or who tends a flock and does not drink of the milk of the flock?
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1 Corinthians 9 15
But I have used none of these things, nor have I written these things that it should be done so to me; for it would be better for me to die than that anyone should make my boasting void.
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Romans 1:1
Paul, a bondservant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated to the gospel of God
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Romans 15:19
in mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God, so that from Jerusalem and round about to Illyricum I have fully preached the gospel of Christ.
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Nehemiah 5:15
But the former governors who were before me laid burdens on the people, and took from them bread and wine, besides forty shekels of silver. Yes, even their servants bore rule over the people, but I did not do so, because of the fear of God.
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2 Corinthians 12 13-2 Corinthians 12 14
For what is it in which you were inferior to other churches, except that I myself was not burdensome to you? Forgive me this wrong!Now for the third time I am ready to come to you. And I will not be burdensome to you; for I do not seek yours, but you. For the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.
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Nehemiah 5:18
Now that which was prepared daily was one ox and six choice sheep. Also fowl were prepared for me, and once every ten days an abundance of all kinds of wine. Yet in spite of this I did not demand the governor’s provisions, because the bondage was heavy on this people.
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Acts 20:34-35
Yes, you yourselves know that these hands have provided for my necessities, and for those who were with me.I have shown you in every way, by laboring like this, that you must support the weak. And remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that He said,‘ It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”
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1 Corinthians 9 18
What is my reward then? That when I preach the gospel, I may present the gospel of Christ without charge, that I may not abuse my authority in the gospel.