Let us go to the Jordan, and let us collect logs there, one for each of us, and build a place there for us to live.” He answered, “Do so.”
Acts 20:34 - New Revised Standard Version You know for yourselves that I worked with my own hands to support myself and my companions. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Yea, ye yourselves know, that these hands have ministered unto my necessities, and to them that were with me. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition You yourselves know personally that these hands ministered to my own needs and those [of the persons] who were with me. American Standard Version (1901) Ye yourselves know that these hands ministered unto my necessities, and to them that were with me. Common English Bible You yourselves know that I have provided for my own needs and for those of my companions with my own hands. Catholic Public Domain Version as you yourselves know. For that which was needed by me and by those who are with me, these hands have provided. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version You yourselves know: for such things as were needful for me and them that are with me, these hands have furnished. |
Let us go to the Jordan, and let us collect logs there, one for each of us, and build a place there for us to live.” He answered, “Do so.”
and, because he was of the same trade, he stayed with them, and they worked together—by trade they were tentmakers.
So he sent two of his helpers, Timothy and Erastus, to Macedonia, while he himself stayed for some time longer in Asia.
The city was filled with the confusion; and people rushed together to the theater, dragging with them Gaius and Aristarchus, Macedonians who were Paul's travel companions.
In all this I have given you an example that by such work we must support the weak, remembering the words of the Lord Jesus, for he himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’ ”
and we grow weary from the work of our own hands. When reviled, we bless; when persecuted, we endure;
You remember our labor and toil, brothers and sisters; we worked night and day, so that we might not burden any of you while we proclaimed to you the gospel of God.
All who are with me send greetings to you. Greet those who love us in the faith. Grace be with all of you.