Sentences with word «tentmaker»

He had a trade which could travel with him, and it appears that whenever he ran out of money, he would go work for a local tentmaker to join in their work, and so receive payment (Acts 18:3).

Apparently most of the early Christians continued to work at their normal occupations, as Paul with Aquila and Priscilla, his fellow tentmakers, did for a time at Corinth (Acts 18:3).

The apostle Paul, our entrepeneurial self - employed tentmaker, seemed to get all excited when encouraging and testifying about the different assemblies and individuals giving to those in need.

We forget that St. Paul the tentmaker was a bi-vocational minister, too.

He was a tentmaker, a middle - class entrepreneur.

Should those who have other employment («tentmakers») have fewer job requirements and be expected to work fewer hours in «ministry»?

I also had a hard time reconciling this with Scripture, since I only knew of Paul's missionary journeys and I knew he was a tentmaker.

Paul and some of his helpers were tentmakers.

So lived our Lord and Master, Peter the fisherman, and Paul the tentmaker.

Paul, however, as a tentmaker, had a profession which travelled with him, or at least allowed himself to get work with other tentmakers in the various cities he traveled to (cf. Acts 18:1 - 3).

In such cases, it is hard to find work, unless like Paul (the tentmaker), your work can travel with you.

They gave him room and board at their home, together with an opening into their business, so that he was able to make a living as a tentmaker during his stay in Corinth.

This is why I chose to be a tentmaker.

Paul, a tentmaker / apostle, would not have tithed either... nor would any of the disciples I think.

I am a tentmaker, an evangelist, a church planter, a pastor, and a missionary.