Acts 20:34

These accompanied him as far as Asia: Sopater of Beroea; Aristarchus and Secundus of the Thessalonians; Gaius of Derbe; Timothy; and Tychicus and Trophimus of Asia.

not rendering evil for evil, or insult for insult; but instead blessing, knowing that you were called to this, that you may inherit a blessing.

He who tills his land shall have plenty of bread, but he who chases fantasies is void of understanding.

Simon answered him, “Master, we worked all night, and took nothing; but at your word I will let down the net.”

Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they don’t know what they are doing.” Dividing his garments among them, they cast lots.

But this happened so that the word may be fulfilled which was written in their law, ‘They hated me without a cause.’

and because he practiced the same trade, he lived with them and worked, for by trade they were tent makers.

Embarking in a ship of Adramyttium, which was about to sail to places on the coast of Asia, we put to sea, Aristarchus, a Macedonian of Thessalonica, being with us.

in labor and travail, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, and in cold and nakedness.

For what is there in which you were made inferior to the rest of the assemblies, unless it is that I myself was not a burden to you? Forgive me this wrong.

For even in Thessalonica you sent once and again to my need.

Aristarchus, my fellow prisoner, greets you, and Mark, the cousin of Barnabas (concerning whom you received commandments, “if he comes to you, receive him”),

as do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke, my fellow workers.

for when Jezebel cut off Yahweh’s prophets, Obadiah took one hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.)

I coveted no one’s silver, gold, or clothing.

Gaius, my host and host of the whole assembly, greets you. Erastus, the treasurer of the city, greets you, as does Quartus, the brother.

When I was present with you and was in need, I wasn’t a burden on anyone, for the brothers, when they came from Macedonia, supplied the measure of my need. In everything I kept myself from being burdensome to you, and I will continue to do so.

Erastus remained at Corinth, but I left Trophimus at Miletus sick.

The elder to Gaius the beloved, whom I love in truth.

“Blessed are you when people reproach you, persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely, for my sake.

Rejoice, and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven. For that is how they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

For there are eunuchs who were born that way from their mother’s womb, and there are eunuchs who were made eunuchs by men; and there are eunuchs who made themselves eunuchs for the Kingdom of Heaven’s sake. He who is able to receive it, let him receive it.”

for I was hungry, and you gave me food to eat. I was thirsty, and you gave me drink. I was a stranger, and you took me in.

bless those who curse you, and pray for those who mistreat you.

Remember the word that I said to you: ‘A servant is not greater than his lord.’ If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will also keep yours.

When they were at Salamis, they proclaimed God’s word in the Jewish synagogues. They also had John as their attendant.

He came to Derbe and Lystra: and behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timothy, the son of a Jewess who believed; but his father was a Greek.

Paul wanted to have him go out with him, and he took and circumcised him because of the Jews who were in those parts; for they all knew that his father was a Greek.

But when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul was compelled by the Spirit, testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Christ.

This continued for two years, so that all those who lived in Asia heard the word of the Lord Jesus, both Jews and Greeks.

Bless those who persecute you; bless, and don’t curse.

Therefore “If your enemy is hungry, feed him. If he is thirsty, give him a drink; for in doing so, you will heap coals of fire on his head.”

I thank God that I baptized none of you, except Crispus and Gaius,

Who then is Apollos, and who is Paul, but servants through whom you believed, and each as the Lord gave to him?

If others partake of this right over you, don’t we yet more? Nevertheless we didn’t use this right, but we bear all things, that we may cause no hindrance to the Good News of Christ.

who also made us sufficient as servants of a new covenant, not of the letter, but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.

We are pressed on every side, yet not crushed; perplexed, yet not to despair;

For it isn’t he who commends himself who is approved, but whom the Lord commends.

Therefore I take pleasure in weaknesses, in injuries, in necessities, in persecutions, and in distresses, for Christ’s sake. For when I am weak, then am I strong.

Truly the signs of an apostle were worked among you in all perseverance, in signs and wonders and mighty works.

Let him who stole steal no more; but rather let him labor, producing with his hands something that is good, that he may have something to give to him who has need.

nor seeking glory from men (neither from you nor from others), when we might have claimed authority as apostles of Christ.

and that you make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, even as we instructed you;

Now those who are that way, we command and exhort in the Lord Jesus Christ, that they work with quietness and eat their own bread.

For to this end we both labor and suffer reproach, because we have set our trust in the living God, who is the Savior of all men, especially of those who believe.

of whom the world was not worthy—wandering in deserts, mountains, caves, and the holes of the earth.

Wasn’t it told my lord what I did when Jezebel killed Yahweh’s prophets, how I hid one hundred men of Yahweh’s prophets with fifty to a cave, and fed them with bread and water?

Please let us go to the Jordan, and each man take a beam from there, and let’s make us a place there, where we may live.” He answered, “Go!”

When the righteous triumph, there is great glory; but when the wicked rise, men hide themselves.

But I tell you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who mistreat you and persecute you,

Simon Peter said to them, “I’m going fishing.” They told him, “We are also coming with you.” They immediately went out, and entered into the boat. That night, they caught nothing.

The multitude and the rulers of the city were troubled when they heard these things.

Then the brothers immediately sent out Paul to go as far as to the sea, and Silas and Timothy still stayed there.

Having sent into Macedonia two of those who served him, Timothy and Erastus, he himself stayed in Asia for a while.

The whole city was filled with confusion, and they rushed with one accord into the theater, having seized Gaius and Aristarchus, men of Macedonia, Paul’s companions in travel.

All the city was moved and the people ran together. They seized Paul and dragged him out of the temple. Immediately the doors were shut.

“Lord, they have killed your prophets, they have broken down your altars. I am left alone, and they seek my life.”

For, I think that God has displayed us, the apostles, last of all, like men sentenced to death. For we are made a spectacle to the world, both to angels and men.

We toil, working with our own hands. When people curse us, we bless. Being persecuted, we endure.

Or have only Barnabas and I no right to not work?

But I have used none of these things, and I don’t write these things that it may be done so in my case; for I would rather die, than that anyone should make my boasting void.

and by you to pass into Macedonia, and again from Macedonia to come to you, and to be sent forward by you on my journey to Judea.

but in everything commending ourselves, as servants of God, in great endurance, in afflictions, in hardships, in distresses,

Or did I commit a sin in humbling myself that you might be exalted, because I preached to you God’s Good News free of charge?

For from you the word of the Lord has been declared, not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every place your faith toward God has gone out, so that we need not to say anything.

For you remember, brothers, our labor and travail; for working night and day, that we might not burden any of you, we preached to you the Good News of God.

neither did we eat bread from anyone’s hand without paying for it, but in labor and travail worked night and day, that we might not burden any of you,

Let our people also learn to maintain good works for necessary uses, that they may not be unfruitful.

They were stoned. They were sawn apart. They were tempted. They were slain with the sword. They went around in sheep skins and in goat skins; being destitute, afflicted, ill-treated—