Acts 20:32-38

32 And now 1I commend you to God and to 2the word of his grace, which is able to 3build you up and to give you 4the inheritance among all those who are sanctified.
33 5I coveted no one's silver or gold or apparel.
34 6You yourselves know that 7these hands ministered to my necessities and 8to those who were with me.
35 In all things 9I have shown you that 10by working hard in this way we must 11help the weak and 12remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he himself said, 'It is more blessed 13to give than to receive.'"
36 And when he had said these things, 14he knelt down and prayed with them all.
37 And 15there was much weeping on the part of all; 16they embraced Paul and 17kissed him,
38 being sorrowful most of all because of 18the word he had spoken, that they would not see his face again. And 19they accompanied him to the ship.

Cross References 19

  • 1. Acts 14:23
  • 2. Acts 14:3; [ver. 24]
  • 3. See Colossians 2:7
  • 4. Acts 26:18; Ephesians 1:14, 18; Ephesians 5:5; Colossians 1:12; Colossians 3:24; Hebrews 9:15; [1 Peter 1:4]; See Matthew 25:34; Romans 8:17
  • 5. 1 Corinthians 9:12; 2 Corinthians 7:2; 2 Corinthians 11:9; 2 Corinthians 12:17; [1 Samuel 12:3; Matthew 10:8; 1 Thessalonians 2:5]
  • 6. [ver. 18]
  • 7. See Acts 18:3
  • 8. Acts 19:22, 29
  • 9. 2 Thessalonians 3:7
  • 10. Ephesians 4:28
  • 11. 1 Thessalonians 5:14; [1 Corinthians 12:28]
  • 12. Acts 11:16
  • 13. Matthew 10:8
  • 14. See Acts 7:60
  • 15. [2 Timothy 1:4]
  • 16. See Luke 15:20
  • 17. See Luke 15:20
  • 18. ver. 25
  • 19. See Acts 15:3
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