Acts 20:35 Cross References - Haweis

³⁵ In all things I have set you the example, that so labouring hard ye ought to help the infirm, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, because he himself said, "It is more blessed to give than to receive."

⁸ Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give.

³⁴ Then shall the King say to those on his right-hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world; ³⁵ for I was hungry, and ye gave me to eat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me to drink: I was a stranger, and ye received me hospitably: ³⁶ naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye took care of me: I was in prison, and ye came to me. ³⁷ Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee hungry, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink? ³⁸ When indeed saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee? ³⁹ When indeed saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee? ⁴⁰ And the king answering shall say to them, Verily I tell you, for as much as ye have done it to one of these my brethren, the very least of them, ye have done it unto me.

¹² Then said he also to the person who had invited him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, invite not thy friends, nor thy brethren, nor thy relations, nor thy rich neighbours; lest they also invite thee again, and a recompence be made to thee. ¹³ But when thou makest an entertainment, invite the poor, the maimed, the halt, the blind: ¹⁴ and thou shalt be blessed; because they cannot recompense thee: for a recompence shall be made thee at the resurrection of the just.

²⁰ and that I have suppressed nothing which could conduce to your profiting; not desisting from preaching to you, and teaching you in public, and from house to house,

²⁷ For I have concealed nothing, so as not repeatedly to declare to you the whole counsel of God.

¹ WE then that are strong, ought to bear the infirmities of those who are feeble, and not to gratify ourselves.

¹² if others partake of this power over you, ought not we much more? But we have not used this power, and we suffer all things, that we might not put any obstruction in the way of the gospel of Christ.

⁹ For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that for your sake he became poor though he was rich, that ye by his poverty should be made rich.

⁶ But this I add, He that soweth sparingly, shall reap also sparingly, and he that soweth bountifully, shall reap also bountifully. ⁷ Let every man, as he hath purposed in heart, give, not with reluctance or of necessity; for God loveth a cheerful giver. ⁸ And God is able to make all grace abound towards you; that in every case having always all sufficiency, ye may abound unto every good work: ⁹ as it is written, "He hath scattered abroad, he hath given to the poor, his righteousness abideth for ever." ¹⁰ Now he that supplieth seed to the sower, shall also supply bread for food, and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness, ¹¹ being in every thing enriched unto all liberality, which [causeth] by us thanksgiving to God. ¹² For the ministration of this [charitable] service not only abundantly supplies the deficiencies of the saints, but also overflows with many thanksgivings to God;

⁹ And when I was with you, and in want, I was burdensome to no man; for my want the brethren who came from Macedonia supplied; and on every occasion I have kept myself from being burdensome, and will keep myself.

¹² But what I do, I will do also, that I may cut off occasion from those who desire occasion, that wherein they boast, they may be found even as we.

¹³ For what is there wherein ye have been inferior to the other churches, except that I have not been burdensome to you? Forgive me this wrong.

²⁸ Let him that stole steal no more; but rather labour hard, working with his hands that which is good, that he may have something to give to him that is in want.

¹⁷ Not that I am anxious for a gift; but I am anxious to see fruit abounding on your account. ¹⁸ But I have now all things, and abound: I am full, having received from Epaphroditus your bounty, an odour of sweet smell, an acceptable sacrifice, well pleasing to God. ¹⁹ But my God will fully supply all your want, according to his riches in glory, by Christ Jesus. ²⁰ Now to God, even our Father, be glory for ever and ever. Amen.

¹¹ and that you make it your study to live peaceably, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, even as we have enjoined you;

¹⁴ Now we conjure you, brethren, admonish the unruly, comfort the feeble-minded, support the infirm, be patient with all men.

¹² Wherefore stretch out again the hands that hang down, and the paralytic knees; ¹³ and make strait paths for your feet, that what is halting may not be turned out of the way; but that it may rather be healed.

³ Remember those who are in chains, as in chains with them; and those who are suffering afflictions, as being yourselves also in the body.

¹⁶ But of beneficence, and liberal distribution, be not unmindful: for such sacrifices God accepts with delight.