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St. Paul clearly states what he did as he went about preaching the Word of God. He worked at his profession--which was to be a tent maker-to support himself, although he could have asked the Thessalonians to help him since as an apostle he deserved such treatment. But St. Paul did not make use of this privilege. He worked hard. This we need to imitate and examine our conscience about. We should not be a burden to the other. He live off their earnings. We should work and work hard with competence and care for the details. We do this in order to be able to offer our work to God and to serve the others well and properly.