He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD, And his good deed will he pay him again.
Acts 20:35 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 In all things I gave you an example, how that so labouring ye ought to help the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he himself said, It is more blessed to give than to receive. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition In everything I have pointed out to you [by example] that, by working diligently in this manner, we ought to assist the weak, being mindful of the words of the Lord Jesus, how He Himself said, It is more blessed (makes one happier and more to be envied) to give than to receive. American Standard Version (1901) In all things I gave you an example, that so laboring ye ought to help the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, It is more blessed to give than to receive. Common English Bible In everything I have shown you that, by working hard, we must help the weak. In this way we remember the Lord Jesus’ words: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’” Catholic Public Domain Version I have revealed all things to you, because by laboring in this way, it is necessary to support the weak and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, 'It is more blessed to give than to receive.' " Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring you ought to support the weak, and to remember the word of the Lord Jesus, how he said: It is a more blessed thing to give, rather than to receive. |
He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD, And his good deed will he pay him again.
But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and in liberal things shall he continue.
Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, cast out devils: freely ye received, freely give.
how that I shrank not from declaring unto you anything that was profitable, and teaching you publicly, and from house to house,
Ye yourselves know that these hands ministered unto my necessities, and to them that were with me.
Now we that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.
If others partake of this right over you, do not we yet more? Nevertheless we did not use this right; but we bear all things, that we may cause no hindrance to the gospel of Christ.
But what I do, that I will do, that I may cut off occasion from them which desire an occasion; that wherein they glory, they may be found even as we.
and when I was present with you and was in want, I was not a burden on any man; for the brethren, when they came from Macedonia, supplied the measure of my want; and in everything I kept myself from being burdensome unto you, and so will I keep myself.
For what is there wherein ye were made inferior to the rest of the churches, except it be that I myself was not a burden to you? forgive me this wrong.
For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might become rich.
Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing that is good, that he may have whereof to give to him that hath need.
and that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your hands, even as we charged you;
And we exhort you, brethren, admonish the disorderly, encourage the fainthearted, support the weak, be longsuffering toward all.
But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; them that are evil entreated, as being yourselves also in the body.
because that for the sake of the Name they went forth, taking nothing of the Gentiles.