Acts 20:35

The English Standar Version

In all things I have shown you that by working hard in this way we must help the weak and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he himself said, 'It is more blessed to give than to receive.' "

Cross References

Hebrews 13:16

Do not neglect to do good and to share what you have, for such sacrifices are pleasing to God.

Proverbs 19:17

Whoever is generous to the poor lends to the LORD, and he will repay him for his deed.

Matthew 10:8

Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers,[2] cast out demons. You received without paying; give without pay.

2 Corinthians 8:9

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that you by his poverty might become rich.

1 Thessalonians 5:14

And we urge you, brothers, admonish the idle,[3] encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, be patient with them all.

Romans 15:1

We who are strong have an obligation to bear with the failings of the weak, and not to please ourselves.

Acts 20:27

for I did not shrink from declaring to you the whole counsel of God.

Isaiah 35:3

Strengthen the weak hands, and make firm the feeble knees.

Hebrews 13:3

Remember those who are in prison, as though in prison with them, and those who are mistreated, since you also are in the body.

Ephesians 4:28

Let the thief no longer steal, but rather let him labor, doing honest work with his own hands, so that he may have something to share with anyone in need.

Acts 20:20

how I did not shrink from declaring to you anything that was profitable, and teaching you in public and from house to house,

Isaiah 32:8

But he who is noble plans noble things, and on noble things he stands.

2 Corinthians 12:13

For in what were you less favored than the rest of the churches, except that I myself did not burden you? Forgive me this wrong!

2 Corinthians 11:9

And when I was with you and was in need, I did not burden anyone, for the brothers who came from Macedonia supplied my need. So I refrained and will refrain from burdening you in any way.

1 Thessalonians 4:11

and to aspire to live quietly, and to mind your own affairs, and to work with your hands, as we instructed you,

2 Corinthians 11:12

And what I do I will continue to do, in order to undermine the claim of those who would like to claim that in their boasted mission they work on the same terms as we do.

1 Corinthians 9:12

If others share this rightful claim on you, do not we even more? Nevertheless, we have not made use of this right, but we endure anything rather than put an obstacle in the way of the gospel of Christ.

Acts 20:34

You yourselves know that these hands ministered to my necessities and to those who were with me.

Acts 20:36

And when he had said these things, he knelt down and prayed with them all.

3 John 1:7

For they have gone out for the sake of the name, accepting nothing from the Gentiles.