Acts 18:3

In 9 translations

BSB

and he stayed and worked with them because they were tentmakers by trade, just as he was.

KJV

And because he was of the same craft, he abode with them, and wrought: for by their occupation they were tentmakers.

WEB

and because he practiced the same trade, he lived with them and worked, for by trade they were tent makers.

ASV

and because he was of the same trade, he abode with them, and they wrought; for by their trade they were tentmakers.

LSV

and because of being of the same craft, he remained with them, and was working, for they were tentmakers as to craft;

YLT

and because of being of the same craft, he did remain with them, and was working, for they were tent-makers as to craft;

DBY

and because they were of the same trade abode with them, and wrought. For they were tent-makers by trade.

DRC

And because he was of the same trade, he remained with them, and wrought; (now they were tentmakers by trade.)

GNV

And because hee was of the same crafte, he abode with them and wrought (for their crafte was to make tentes.)

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT

καὶ διὰ τὸ ὁμότεχνον εἶναι ἔμενεν παρʼ αὐτοῖς καὶ ἠργάζετο, ἦσαν γὰρ σκηνοποιοὶ τῇ τέχνῃ.

RP2018

καὶ διὰ τὸ ὁμότεχνον εἶναι, ἔμενεν παρ’ αὐτοῖς καὶ εἰργάζετο· ἦσαν γὰρ σκηνοποιοὶ τὴν τέχνην.

TR-Boyd

καὶ διὰ τὸ ὁμότεχνον εἶναι, ἔμενε παρ᾿ αὐτοῖς καὶ εἰργάζετο· ἦσαν γὰρ σκηνοποιοὶ τὴν τέχνην.

SCR1894

και δια το ομοτεχνον ειναι εμενεν παρ αυτοις και ειργαζετο ησαν γαρ σκηνοποιοι την τεχνην

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• 1 Thessalonians 2:9Surely you recall, brothers, our labor and toil. We worked night and day so that we would not be a burden to anyone while we proclaimed to you the gospel of God.
• 1 Corinthians 4:12We work hard with our own hands. When we are vilified, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure it;
• 2 Corinthians 11:7Was it a sin for me to humble myself in order to exalt you, because I preached the gospel of God to you free of charge?
• 2 Corinthians 11:9And when I was with you and in need, I was not a burden to anyone; for the brothers who came from Macedonia supplied my needs. I have refrained from being a burden to you in any way, and I will continue to do so.
• 2 Thessalonians 3:8–9nor did we eat anyone’s food without paying for it. Instead, in labor and toil, we worked night and day so that we would not be a burden to any of you. Not that we lack this right, but we wanted to offer ourselves as…
• 2 Corinthians 12:13In what way were you inferior to the other churches, except that I was not a burden to you? Forgive me this wrong!
• Acts 20:34–35You yourselves know that these hands of mine have ministered to my own needs and those of my companions. In everything, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words of the…
• 1 Corinthians 9:6–12Or are Barnabas and I the only apostles who must work for a living? Who serves as a soldier at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat of its fruit? Who tends a flock and does not drink of its milk? Do…

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