Acts 20:33

³¹ Therefore be alert and remember that for three years I never stopped warning each of you night and day with tears.

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.

I have not coveted anyone’s silver or gold or clothing.

³⁴ 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.’”

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: I have not coveted anyone’s silver or gold or clothing.
KJV: I have coveted no man’s silver, or gold, or apparel.
WEB: I coveted no one’s silver, gold, or clothing.
ASV: I coveted no man`s silver, or gold, or apparel.
DARBY: I have coveted [the] silver or gold or clothing of no one.
BLB: I coveted no one’s silver or gold or clothing.

ÅB: Jeg attrådde ikke sølv eller gull eller klær av noen;
OTB: Jeg har ikke begjært noens sølv, gull eller klær.
B1930: Jeg attrådde ikke sølv eller gull eller klær av nogen;

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

2 Corinthians 11:9
And when I was with you and in need, I was not a burden to anyone; for the brothers who came from Macedonia supplied my needs. I have refrained from being a burden to you in any way, and I will continue to do so.
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1 Corinthians 9:12
If others have this right to your support, shouldn’t we have it all the more? But we did not exercise this right. Instead, we put up with anything rather than hinder the gospel of Christ.
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1 Corinthians 9:18
What then is my reward? That in preaching the gospel I may offer it free of charge, and so not use up my rights in preaching it.
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2 Corinthians 7:2
Make room for us in your hearts. We have wronged no one, we have corrupted no one, we have exploited no one.
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1 Thessalonians 2:5
As you know, we never used words of flattery or any pretext for greed. God is our witness!
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1 Corinthians 9:15
But I have not used any of these rights. And I am not writing this to suggest that something be done for me. Indeed, I would rather die than let anyone nullify my boast.
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2 Corinthians 12:14–17
See, I am ready to come to you a third time, and I will not be a burden, because I am not seeking your possessions, but you. For children should not have to save up for their parents, but parents for their children.
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Numbers 16:15
Then Moses became very angry and said to the LORD, “Do not regard their offering. I have not taken one donkey from them or mistreated a single one of them.”
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