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Acts 20:34

Work

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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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.

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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.
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.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Acts 18:3

    and he stayed and worked with them because they were tentmakers by trade, just as he was.

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  • 1 Corinthians 4:12

    We work hard with our own hands. When we are vilified, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure it;

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  • 2 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.

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  • Acts 19:22

    He sent two of his helpers, Timothy and Erastus, to Macedonia, while he stayed for a time in the province of Asia.

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  • 1 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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