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350 THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES with them, and wrought. . . . And he reasoned in the synagogue every Sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks. ' ' ' Later, Silas and Timothy joined Paul at Corinth. These brethren brought with them funds from the churches in Macedonia, for the support of the work. In his second letter to the believers in Corinth, written after he had raised up a strong church there, Paul reviewed his manner of life among them. ''Have I committed an offense,'' he asked, ''in abasing myself that ye might be exalted, because I have preached to you the gospel of God freely? I robbed other churches, taking wages of them, to do you service. And when I was present with you, and wanted, I was chargeable to no man: for that which was lacking to me the brethren which came from Macedonia supplied: and in all things I have kept myself from being burdensome unto you, and so will I keep myself. As the truth of Christ is in me, no man shall stop me of this boasting in the regions of Achaia.''' Paul tells why he had followed this course in Corinth. It was that he might give no cause for reproach to ' ' them which desire occasion. ' ' ' While he had worked at tent-making, he had also labored faithfully in the proclamation of the gospel. He himself declares of his labors, "Truly the signs of an" apostle were wrought among you in all patience, in signs, and wonders, and mighty deeds.'' And he adds, "For what is it wherein ye were inferior to other churches, except it be that I myself was not burdensome to you? Forgive me this wrong. Be- «Acts 18:2-4. '2 Cor. 11:7-10. «2 Cor. 11:12.