( Commentary on the Mishnah, Avot 4: 5) In contrast with these rabbis, Maimonides worked strenuously to support himself as a physician, never accepting payment for religious services. ​ — Compare 2 Corinthians 2: 17; 1 Thessalonians 2: 9.
( השווה קורינתים ב ’. ב ’: 17 ;‏ תסלוניקים א ’. ב ’: 9‏. )‏