Acts 20:35
I left nothing undone to show you that, laboring as I labored, you ought to help the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said himself – ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”
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In Context
36When Paul had finished speaking, he knelt down and prayed with them all.
Cross References
Psalms 41:1Happy are those who consider the weak; in the day of misfortune the Lord will deliver them.
Matthew 10:8Cure the sick, raise the dead, make the lepers clean, drive out demons. You have received free of cost, give free of cost.
Luke 14:12Then Jesus went on to say to the man who had invited him, “When you give a breakfast or a dinner, do not ask your friends, or your brothers or sisters, or your relatives, or rich neighbors, because they might invite you in return, and so you should be repaid.
Acts 20:27for I have not shrunk from announcing the whole purpose of God regarding you.
Matthew Henry on Acts 20:18-36
Paul's Address to the Elders of Ephesus. 17 And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called the elders of the church. 18 And when they were come to him, he said unto them, Ye know, from the first day that I came into Asia, after what manner I have been with you at all seasons, 19 Serving the Lord with all humility of mind, and with many tears, and temptations, which befell me by the lying in wait of the Jews: 20 And how I kept back nothing that was profitable unto you, but have showed you, and have taught you… Read the whole commentary →