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Acts 20:35

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By everything I did, I showed how you should work to help everyone who is weak. Remember that our Lord Jesus said, "More blessings come from giving than from receiving."

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Caring for the poor is lending to the LORD, and you will be well repaid.

But helpful people can always be trusted to make helpful plans.

Here is a message for all who are weak, trembling, and worried:

Heal the sick, raise the dead to life, heal people who have leprosy, and force out demons. You received without paying, now give without being paid.

When I preached in public or taught in your homes, I didn't hold back from telling anything that would help you.

I have told you everything God wants you to know.

You know how I have worked with my own hands to make a living for myself and my friends.

After Paul had finished speaking, he knelt down with all of them and prayed.

If our faith is strong, we should be patient with the Lord's followers whose faith is weak. We should try to please them instead of ourselves.

If others have the right to do this, we have an even greater right. But we haven't used this right of ours. We are willing to put up with anything to keep from causing trouble for the message about Christ.

I plan to go on doing just what I have always done. Then those people won't be able to brag about doing the same things we are doing.

Even when I was in need, I still didn't bother you. In fact, some of the Lord's followers from Macedonia brought me what I needed. I have not been a burden to you in the past, and I will never be a burden.

You missed out on only one blessing that the other churches received. That is, you didn't have to support me. Forgive me for doing you wrong.

You know that our Lord Jesus Christ was kind enough to give up all his riches and become poor, so that you could become rich.

If you are a thief, quit stealing. Be honest and work hard, so you will have something to give to people in need.

Try your best to live quietly, to mind your own business, and to work hard, just as we taught you to do.

My friends, we beg you to warn anyone who isn't living right. Encourage anyone who feels left out, help all who are weak, and be patient with everyone.

But don't forget to help others and to share your possessions with them. This too is like offering a sacrifice that pleases God.

Remember the Lord's people who are in jail and be concerned for them. Don't forget those who are suffering, but imagine that you are there with them.

When they left to tell others about the Lord, they decided not to accept help from anyone who wasn't a follower.




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