Acts 20:35

James Moffatt - New Testament

I showed you how this was the way to work hard and succour the needy, remembering the words of the Lord Jesus, who said, 'To give is happier than to get.'"

Cross References

Hebrews 13:16

Do not forget beneficence and charity, either; these are the kind of sacrifices that are acceptable to God.

Matthew 10:8

Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, cast out daemons; give without paying, as you have got without paying;

2 Corinthians 8:9

(You know how gracious our Lord Jesus Christ was; rich though he was, he became poor for the sake of you, that by his poverty you might be rich.)

1 Thessalonians 5:14

We beseech you, brothers, keep a check upon loafers, encourage the faint-hearted, sustain weak souls, never lose your temper with anyone;

Romans 15:1

We who are strong ought to bear the burdens that the weak make for themselves and us. We are not to please ourselves.

Acts 20:27

I never shrank from letting you know the entire purpose of God.

Hebrews 13:3

Remember prisoners, as if you were in prison yourselves; remember those who are being ill-treated, since you too are in the body.

Ephesians 4:28

Let the thief steal no more; rather let him work and put his hands to an honest task, so as to have something to contribute to the needy.

Acts 20:20

how I never shrank from letting you know anything for your good, or from teaching you alike in public and from house to house,

2 Corinthians 12:13

Where were you inferior to the rest of the churches? — unless in this, that your apostle did not choose to make himself a burden to you. Pray pardon me this terrible wrong!

2 Corinthians 11:9

even when I ran short, during my stay with you, I was no encumbrance to anybody, for the brothers who came from Macedonia supplied my wants. Thus I kept myself, as I intend to keep myself, from being a burden to you in any way.

1 Thessalonians 4:11

also, endeavour to live quietly, attend to your own business, and — as we charged you — work with your hands,

2 Corinthians 11:12

No, I intend to go on as I am doing, in order to checkmate those who would fain make out that in the apostolate of which they boast they work on the same terms as I do.

1 Corinthians 9:12

If others share this right over you, why not we all the more? We did not avail ourselves of it, you say? No, we do not mind any privations if we can only avoid putting any obstacle in the way of the gospel of Christ.

Acts 20:34

you know yourselves how these hands of mine provided everything for my own needs and for my companions.

Acts 20:36

With these words he knelt down and prayed beside them all.

3 John 1:7

they have started out for his sake and declined to take anything from pagans;