Acts 20:33

Silver, or gold, or garments, I have not coveted.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

I have coveted no man’s silver, or gold, or apparel.

In Context

32And now I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all the saints.

34And ye yourselves, know, that these hands ministered to my wants, and to them that were with me.

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 9:12And if others have this prerogative over you, doth it not belong still more to us? Yet we have not used this prerogative; but we have endured every thing, that we might in nothing impede the announcement of the Messiah.

1 Corinthians 9:18What then is my reward? It is, that when I preach, I make the announcement of the Messiah without cost, and use not the prerogative given me in the gospel.

2 Corinthians 11:9And when I came among you and was needy, I was burdensome to none of you; for the brethren who came from Macedonia, supplied my wants: and in all things I kept myself, and I will keep myself, from being burdensome to you.

1 Thessalonians 2:5For at no time have we used flattering speech; as ye know; nor a cloak of cupidity, God is witness.

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 →

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