Acts 20:35

Raushet og gavmildhet Fattigdom og de svake Tjeneste Glede

³³ I have coveted no man’s silver, or gold, or apparel.

³⁴ Yea, ye yourselves know, that these hands have ministered unto my necessities, and to them that were with me.

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.

³⁶ And when he had thus spoken, he kneeled down, and prayed with them all.

³⁷ And they all wept sore, and fell on Paul’s neck, and kissed him,

Les gjerne versene rundt også, for sammenhengen gir ofte mer enn ett vers alene.

Sammenlign

ÅB: I alle deler viste jeg dere at slik bør vi ved strevsomt arbeid ta oss av de skrøpelige og komme den Herre Jesu ord i hu, som han selv har sagt: Det er saligere å gi enn å ta.
OTB: I alt jeg gjorde, viste jeg dere at ved denne typen hardt arbeid må vi hjelpe de svake, og huske ordene til Herren Jesus, som sa: 'Det er mer velsignet å gi enn å motta.'"
B1930: I alle deler viste jeg eder at således bør vi ved strevsomt arbeid ta oss av de skrøpelige og komme den Herre Jesu ord i hu, som han selv har sagt: Det er saligere å gi enn å ta.

BSB: 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.’”
KJV: 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.
WEB: In all things I gave you an example, that so laboring you ought to help the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’ ”
ASV: In all things I gave you an example, that so laboring ye ought to help the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.
DARBY: I have shewed you all things, that thus labouring [we] ought to come in aid of the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.
BLB: In everything I showed you⁺ that by thus laboring, it is necessary to aid those being weak, and also to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how He Himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”

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Proverbs 19:17
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2 Corinthians 9:6–12
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Luke 14:12–14
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Matthew 10:8
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2 Corinthians 8:9
For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.
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1 Thessalonians 5:14
Now we exhort you, brethren, warn them that are unruly, comfort the feebleminded, support the weak, be patient toward all men.
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Isaiah 58:7–12
Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?
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