Acts 20:27

Plain English Version

I told you all everything that God wants to do for you.

Cross References

Psalm 40:10

I know that you always do what is right. I don’t keep it a secret inside of me. I tell everyone, “We can trust God. He saves us.” I don’t hide the true story from your people. I tell them, “God always loves us. We can always trust him.”

Matthew 28:20

You have to teach them to do everything that I told you to do. And remember this, I will be with you all the time. I will be with you to help you, right up until the time when this world will finish.”

John 15:15

I’m not calling you my workers any more, but I’m calling you my friends. Workers don’t know what their boss is doing, but I told you everything that my father told me. So now you know what I am doing.

Acts 13:36

But David was not saying that he was that special person. You see, at that time, David did God’s work, and then he died, and people buried him next to his grand-fathers. His body rotted in that grave.

Acts 20:20

And you know that I told you all of God’s message, everything that will help you. I didn’t keep anything secret. I taught you God’s message in places where everyone heard me, and I taught you in your homes too.

Acts 20:35

I did everything in a way that showed you that we all have to work hard to get enough money, not just for ourselves, but to give some to people that don’t have the things they need. We have to remember that our leader, Jesus, said, ‘If people give things to you, that can make you a bit happy. But if you give things to other people, you will be properly happy.’ ”

1 Corinthians 11:23

Listen. Our leader Jesus gave me this message, and I taught it to you. It is this. One night our leader, Jesus, had dinner with his special workers, and on that same night, one of those followers turned against him and went to help Jesus’s enemies grab him. At that dinner, Jesus picked up some flat damper

Galatians 4:16

But now something is wrong. I’m telling you what is true, and you don’t like it. It looks like you turned around, and now you are calling me your enemy.

Ephesians 1:11

God always does everything that he plans. And a long time ago, he picked us, and planned to join us to Jesus Christ and make us his people.

1 Thessalonians 2:4

No way. You see, it was God that sent us. He knew us, and he trusted us to tell people his message. So we only say what he wants us to say. We don’t try to make people happy. We only try to make God happy.