Acts 20:35

First Nations Version

In this way, I have walked a path for you to follow, working hard to give help to the weak. We must never forget the words of Creator Sets Free (Jesus) when he said, ‘Giving to others is a greater blessing than getting from others.’”

Cross References

Hebrews 13:16

And do not forget to do good and share with those who are in need, for these are also sacrificial gifts that make Creator’s heart glad.

Matthew 10:8

Heal all who are sick, cleanse the ones with skin diseases, raise the dead, and force evil spirits out of people. Give away the things I have given to you and ask no price for your service.

2 Corinthians 8:9

For you know the loving kindness of our Honored Chief Creator Sets Free (Jesus) the Chosen One. Even though he had great treasures, he became poor for your sake, that through his poverty you might share in his great treasures.

1 Thessalonians 5:14

Now, my sacred family members, we call on you to give firm and wise counsel to those whose hands do nothing. Comfort those whose hearts are on the ground. Help the ones who are weak, and be patient with everyone.

Romans 15:1

So we who are strong in our spiritual ways should be willing to lend a shoulder to the ones who are weak and unable to walk this road with firm steps. For this road is not only for our own good,

Acts 20:27

for I held back nothing from you. All that Creator has made known to me, I have given to you.

Hebrews 13:3

Keep the ones who are in prison in your thoughts as if you were there with them, and those who are mistreated as if you in your own body shared their suffering.

Ephesians 4:28

The ones among you who have stolen and taken what is not theirs must learn to do good, working hard with their hands. In this way they will not only have enough for themselves but also something to help others.

Acts 20:20

You also know that I held back nothing that would help you, as I taught openly and from house to house.

2 Corinthians 12:13

What have I done for the other sacred families that I have not done for you? Only that I did not become a burden to you. You must release me from this wrong!

2 Corinthians 11:9

While I was with you, I did not ask any of you for help, even though I was in need. Some sacred family members who came from Land of Tall People (Macedonia) gifted me with everything I needed. In this way, I was able to keep myself from becoming a burden to you, and I mean to keep it that way.

1 Thessalonians 4:11

Make it your aim to live a quiet and peaceful life, to mind your own business, and to work with your own hands, just as we have instructed.

2 Corinthians 11:12

I will keep walking this same path, so that these puffed-up message bearers will have no solid ground to walk on when they brag that they walk in the same manner that we do.

1 Corinthians 9:12

If you have given others this right, should we not expect the same? But we have not asked for this right. Instead we have taken this burden on our own shoulders. In this way, nothing will stand in the way of us telling the good story of the Chosen One.

Acts 20:34

You all have seen that I worked hard with my own hands to provide for myself and for the ones who traveled with me.

Acts 20:36

When Small Man (Paul) had finished speaking, he knelt down beside the elders of the sacred family and sent his voice to the Great Spirit.

3 John 1:7

For they went out to make his name known without taking any help from those outside the sacred family.