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Berean Standard Bible

“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.’””

Acts 20:35

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Paul closes his farewell to the Ephesian elders by pointing to his own example: he had worked with his own hands to support himself and his companions rather than burden the church. Then he knelt and prayed with them, and they wept at the thought of never seeing him again.

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Berean Standard Bible (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.’”

World English Bible (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.’”

King James Version (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.

American Standard Version (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.

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

In all things I was an example to you of how, in your lives, you are to give help to the feeble, and keep in memory the words of the Lord Jesus, how he himself said, There is a greater blessing in giving than in getting.

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

all things I did show you, that, thus labouring, it behooves us to partake with the ailing, to be mindful also of the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.'

Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

En todo os he enseñado que, trabajando así, es necesario sobrellevar á los enfermos, y tener presente las palabras del Señor Jesús, el cual dijo: Más bienaventurada cosa es dar que recibir.

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

Y les fui un ejemplo constante de cómo se debe ayudar a los pobres y recordar las palabras del Señor Jesús que dicen:“Hay más dicha en dar que en recibir”».

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