Acts 20:34
32 And now I commit you to God and to the word of His grace, which can build you up and give you an inheritance among all who are sanctified.
33 I have not coveted anyone’s silver or gold or clothing.
You yourselves know that these hands of mine have ministered to my own needs and those of my companions.
35 In everything, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words of the Lord Jesus Himself: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”
36 When Paul had said this, he knelt down with all of them and prayed.
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Sammenlign
- ÅB
- Dere vet selv at det jeg selv trengte, og de som var med meg, det har disse hender arbeidet for.
- OTB
- Dere vet selv at disse hendene har forsynt mine egne behov og behovene til mine følgesvenner.
- B1930
- I vet selv at det jeg selv trengte, og de som var med mig, det har disse hender arbeidet for.
- BSB
- You yourselves know that these hands of mine have ministered to my own needs and those of my companions.
- KJV
- Yea, ye yourselves know, that these hands have ministered unto my necessities, and to them that were with me.
- WEB
- You yourselves know that these hands served my necessities, and those who were with me.
- ASV
- Ye yourselves know that these hands ministered unto my necessities, and to them that were with me.
- DARBY
- Yourselves know that these hands have ministered to my wants, and to those who were with me.
- BLB
- You yourselves know that these hands ministered to my needs and to those being with me.
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Acts 18:3
and he stayed and worked with them because they were tentmakers by trade, just as he was.
Les i sammenheng1 Corinthians 4:12
We work hard with our own hands. When we are vilified, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure it;
Les i sammenheng2 Thessalonians 3:8–9
nor did we eat anyone’s food without paying for it. Instead, in labor and toil, we worked night and day so that we would not be a burden to any of you.
Les i sammenhengActs 19:22
He sent two of his helpers, Timothy and Erastus, to Macedonia, while he stayed for a time in the province of Asia.
Les i sammenheng1 Thessalonians 2:9
Surely you recall, brothers, our labor and toil. We worked night and day so that we would not be a burden to anyone while we proclaimed to you the gospel of God.
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