Self-Denial: Paul, in Laboring for his own Support While he Also Taught

You yourselves know that these hands of mine have ministered to my own needs and those of my companions.

In everything, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words of the Lord Jesus Himself: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”

We work hard with our own hands. When we are vilified, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure it;

…as I also try to please everyone in all I do. For I am not seeking my own good, but the good of many, that they may be saved.