Philippians 4:16

Even in Thessalonica. — Not only after he left Macedonia, but even before that time, when he had just passed from Philippi to Thessalonica. At Thessalonica, as at Corinth — both very rich and luxurious communities — he refused maintenance, and lived mainly by the labour of his own hands (1 Thessalonians 2:9; 2 Thessalonians 3:8). But it appears from this passage that even then he received “once and again” (that is, occasionally, “once or twice”) some aid from Philippi “to supply his need” — that is (as in all right exercise of liberality), to supplement, and not to supersede, his own resources.