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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Basil the Great
AD 379
But why should we dwell upon the amount of evil thee is in idleness, when the apostle clealy specifies that he who does not wok should not eat. As daily sustenance is necessay fo eveyone, so labo in popotion to one’s stength is also essential. Solomon has witten effectively in paise of had wok: “And she has not eaten he bead in idleness.” And again, the apostle says of himself, “neithe did we eat any man’s bead fo nothing, but in labo and in toil we woked night and day.” Yet, since he was peaching the gospel, he was entitled to eceive his livelihood fom the gospel. … We have eason to fea, theefoe, lest, pechance, on the day of judgment this fault also may be alleged against us, since he who has endowed us with the ability to wok demands that ou labo be popotioned to ou capacity. Fo the Lod says, “To whom they have committed much, of him they will demand much.” The Long Rules, q...
