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| Chapter XVIII. That the Apostle wrought what he thought would be sufficient for him and for others who were with him.
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Chapter XVIII.
That the Apostle wrought what he thought would be
sufficient for him and for others who were with him.
Then going to Miletus,
and from thence sending to Ephesus, and summoning to him the elders of
the church of Ephesus, he charged them how they ought to rule the
church of God in his absence, and said: “I have not coveted any
man’s silver and gold; you yourselves know how for such things as
were needful for me and them that are with me these hands have
ministered. I have showed you all things, how that so labouring you
ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus,
how he said: It is more blessed to give than to
receive.”982
He left us a
weighty example in his manner of life, as he testifies that he not only
wrought what would supply his own bodily wants alone, but also what
would be sufficient for the needs of those who were with him: those, I
mean, who, being taken up with necessary duties, had no chance of
procuring food for themselves with their own hands. And as he tells the
Thessalonians that he had worked to give them an example that they
might imitate him, so here too he implies something of the same sort
when he says: “I have showed you all things, how that so
labouring you ought to support the weak,” viz., whether in mind
or body; i.e., that we should be diligent in supplying their needs, not
from the store of our abundance, or money laid by, or from
another’s generosity and substance, but rather by securing the
necessary sum by our own labour and toil.E.C.F. INDEX & SEARCH
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