Acts 20:35

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.

Shewed

Acts 20:20

How that

It is

Hebrews 13:16

General references

Philippians 2:5

Bible References

Shewed

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

How that

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

If others share this right of support from you, do not we all the more? Nevertheless, we did not make use of this right, but we endure anything rather than put an obstacle in the way of the gospel of Christ.

And when I was with you and needed something, I was not a burden to anyone, for the brethren who came from Macedonia supplied what I needed. I have kept myself from being a burden to you in any way, and will continue to do so.

For in what respect were you inferior to the rest of the churches, except that I myself did not become a burden to you? Forgive me this wrong!

He who has been stealing must steal no longer, but rather must labor, doing useful work with his own hands, so that he may have something to share with those in need.

Make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, to mind your own business and to work with your hands, just as we told you,

And we urge you, brethren, admonish the idlers, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, be patient with everyone.

Therefore lift your feeble hands and strengthen your weak knees,

Remember the prisoners, as though in prison with them, and those who are ill-treated, since you yourselves are also in the body.

It is

Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out demons. Freely you have received, freely give.

Then the King will say to those on his right hand, 'Come, you blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:

Then he also said to the one who invited him, "When you give a luncheon or a dinner, do not invite your friends or your brothers, your relatives or rich neighbors, lest they also invite you back, and you be repaid.

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

The point is this: he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.

Not that I seek the gift itself, but I seek for the profit which increases to your account.

Do not forget to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased.

General references

Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus,