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AND he testifies that it was not he alone who so lived among them, lest
haply this method might not seem important or general if he depended only
on his example. But he declares that all those who were appointed with him
for the ministry of the gospel, i.e., Silvanus and Timothy, who wrote this
with him, worked in the same fashion. For by saying, "lest we should be
burdensome to any of you, he covers them with great shame. For if he who
preached the gospel and commended it by signs and mighty works, did not
dare to eat bread for nought, lest he should be burdensome to any, how can
those men help thinking that they are burdensome who take it every day in
idleness and at their leisure?
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