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IN the Epistle to the Ephesians also he thus gives a charge on this
subject of work, saying: "He that stole, let him now steal no more, but
rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing that is good, that
he may have something to give to him that suffereth need." And in the
Acts of the Apostles too we find that he not only taught this, but actually
practised it himself. For when he had come to Corinth, he did not permit
himself to lodge anywhere except with Aquila and Priscilla, because they
were of the same trade which he himself was accustomed to practise. For we
thus read: "After this, Paul departing from Athens came to Corinth; and
finding a certain Jew named Aquila, born in Pontus, and Priscilla his wife,
he came to them because they were of the same trade; and abode with them,
and worked: for they were tent-makers by trade."
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