Neither did we eat any man's bread for nothing; but worked with labor and travail night and day, that we might not be a burden to any of you:
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Cyprian of Carthage
AD 258
Let them also follow the example of the Apostle Paul, who, after often-repeated imprisonment, after scourging, after exposures to wild beasts, in everything continued meek and humble; and even after his rapture to the third heaven and paradise, he did not proudly arrogate anything to himself when he said, "Neither did we eat any man's bread for nought, but wrought with labour and travail night and day, that we might not be chargeable to any of you."