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We toil (κοπιωμεν). Common late verb for weariness in toil (Luke 5:5),
working with our own hands

And labour. This Paul often did. See Barnes on Acts 18:3.
Compare Acts 20:34; 1 Thessalonians 2:9; [Reference 2 Thessal…

And labour.—While at Ephesus, from where this letter was written, the Apostle supported himself by working with Aquila and Priscil…

To set the record straight, Paul describes in detail the hardships he and his fellow Christian workers have suffered throughout their ministry. He …

When he says that while persecuted he suffers it, and that he prays for his revilers, he suggests that he is not merely …

And labour, working with our own hands
As the apostle did at Corinth, (Acts 18:3) and elsewhere; partly …

We have no reason to be proud; all that we have, are, or do that is good is due to the free and rich grace of God. A sinner snatched from destructi…

After rebuking the Corinthians for the rashne with which they judged Christ’s ministers, the Apostle now censures the self-satisfaction with which …
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A.T. Robertson
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