neither did we eat bread from anyone's hand without paying for it, but in labor and travail worked night and day, that we might not burden any of you;
Chargeable to any --  Paul, as an apostle and one preaching the gospel full time, did have the right to be supported by the brethren. But both at Corinth and Thessalonica he worked with his hands to avoid any suspicion regarding his true motives in preaching the gospel.