Though he was an apostle and could have been “an expensive burden ” on Christians in Thessalonica, he did not“ eat food from anyone free. ”
او با این که رسول بود و می‌توانست مخارج خود را به گردن مسیحیان تِسالونیکی بیندازد ،‏ « نان کسی را مفت » نخورد .‏