Paul’s reference to working with your hands may be an indication that many of the new Thessalonian believers had working class jobs, which required manual labor. Also, quite possibly many of them were subjected to slave labor. Perhaps these Christian slaves now thought that they were freed from the tyranny of their work. Greek culture frowned upon any type of manual labor. Only slaves were fit to perform certain jobs. Hard work, toil, and sweat were viewed as demeaning and undignified. In his book