34 [a]Yes, you yourselves know (A)that these hands have provided for my necessities, and for those who were with me.

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  1. Acts 20:34 NU, M omit Yes

34 You yourselves know that these hands of mine have supplied my own needs and the needs of my companions.(A)

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12 (A)And we labor, working with our own hands. (B)Being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we endure;

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12 We work hard with our own hands.(A) When we are cursed, we bless;(B) when we are persecuted,(C) we endure it;

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14 Even so (A)the Lord has commanded (B)that those who preach the gospel should live from the gospel.

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14 In the same way, the Lord has commanded that those who preach the gospel should receive their living from the gospel.(A)

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Did I commit sin in [a]humbling myself that you might be exalted, because I preached the gospel of God to you (A)free of charge?

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  1. 2 Corinthians 11:7 putting myself down

Was it a sin(A) for me to lower myself in order to elevate you by preaching the gospel of God(B) to you free of charge?(C)

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13 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!

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13 How were you inferior to the other churches, except that I was never a burden to you?(A) Forgive me this wrong!(B)

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For you remember, brethren, our (A)labor and toil; for laboring night and day, (B)that we might not be a burden to any of you, we preached to you the gospel of God.

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Surely you remember, brothers and sisters, our toil and hardship; we worked(A) night and day in order not to be a burden to anyone(B) while we preached the gospel of God to you.

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11 that you also aspire to lead a quiet life, (A)to mind your own business, and (B)to work with your own hands, as we commanded you,

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11 and to make it your ambition to lead a quiet life: You should mind your own business and work with your hands,(A) just as we told you,

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nor did we eat anyone’s bread [a]free of charge, but worked with (A)labor and toil night and day, that we might not be a burden to any of you,

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  1. 2 Thessalonians 3:8 Lit. for nothing

nor did we eat anyone’s food without paying for it. On the contrary, we worked(A) night and day, laboring and toiling so that we would not be a burden to any of you.

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