Acts 20:33

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

I have desired no one’s silver or gold or clothing.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Cor 9:12 : 12 If others receive this right from you, are we not more deserving?But we have not made use of this right. Instead we endure everything so that we may not be a hindrance to the gospel of Christ.
  • 2 Cor 11:9 : 9 When I was with you and was in need, I was not a burden to anyone, for the brothers who came from Macedonia fully supplied my needs. I kept myself from being a burden to you in any way, and will continue to do so.
  • 2 Cor 7:2 : 2 Make room for us in your hearts; we have wronged no one, we have ruined no one, we have exploited no one.
  • 1 Cor 9:15 : 15 But I have not used any of these rights. And I am not writing these things so that something will be done for me. In fact, it would be better for me to die than– no one will deprive me of my reason for boasting!
  • 1 Cor 9:18 : 18 What then is my reward? That when I preach the gospel I may offer the gospel free of charge, and so not make full use of my rights in the gospel.
  • 2 Cor 12:14-17 : 14 Look, for the third time I am ready to come to you, and I will not be a burden to you, because I do not want your possessions, but you. For children should not have to save up for their parents, but parents for their children. 15 Now I will most gladly spend and be spent for your lives! If I love you more, am I to be loved less? 16 But be that as it may, I have not burdened you. Yet because I was a crafty person, I took you in by deceit! 17 I have not taken advantage of you through anyone I have sent to you, have I?
  • 1 Thess 2:5 : 5 For we never appeared with flattering speech, as you know, nor with a pretext for greed– God is our witness–
  • 1 Pet 5:2 : 2 Give a shepherd’s care to God’s flock among you, exercising oversight not merely as a duty but willingly under God’s direction, not for shameful profit but eagerly.
  • Num 16:15 : 15 Moses was very angry, and he said to the LORD,“Have no respect for their offering! I have not taken so much as one donkey from them, nor have I harmed any one of them!”
  • 1 Sam 12:3-5 : 3 Here I am. Bring a charge against me before the LORD and before his chosen king. Whose ox have I taken? Whose donkey have I taken? Whom have I wronged? Whom have I oppressed? From whose hand have I taken a bribe so that I would overlook something? Tell me, and I will return it to you!” 4 They replied,“You have not wronged us or oppressed us. You have not taken anything from the hand of anyone.” 5 He said to them,“The LORD is witness against you, and his chosen king is witness this day, that you have not found any reason to accuse me.” They said,“He is witness!”

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Acts 20:34
    76%

    34You yourselves know that these hands of mine provided for my needs and the needs of those who were with me.

  • 2 Cor 11:7-10
    4 verses
    73%

    7Or did I commit a sin by humbling myself so that you could be exalted, because I proclaimed the gospel of God to you free of charge?

    8I robbed other churches by receiving support from them so that I could serve you!

    9When I was with you and was in need, I was not a burden to anyone, for the brothers who came from Macedonia fully supplied my needs. I kept myself from being a burden to you in any way, and will continue to do so.

    10As the truth of Christ is in me, this boasting of mine will not be stopped in the regions of Achaia.

  • Acts 20:24
    73%

    24But I do not consider my life worth anything to myself, so that I may finish my task and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the good news of God’s grace.

  • 1 Cor 9:15
    73%

    15But I have not used any of these rights. And I am not writing these things so that something will be done for me. In fact, it would be better for me to die than– no one will deprive me of my reason for boasting!

  • Matt 10:9-10
    2 verses
    73%

    9Do not take gold, silver, or copper in your belts,

    10no bag for the journey, or an extra tunic, or sandals or staff, for the worker deserves his provisions.

  • 1 Thess 2:5-6
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    72%

    5For we never appeared with flattering speech, as you know, nor with a pretext for greed– God is our witness–

    6nor to seek glory from people, either from you or from others,

  • 2 Cor 8:20-21
    2 verses
    72%

    20We did this as a precaution so that no one should blame us in regard to this generous gift we are administering.

    21For we are concerned about what is right not only before the Lord but also before men.

  • Acts 20:32
    72%

    32And now I entrust you to God and to the message of his grace. This message is able to build you up and give you an inheritance among all those who are sanctified.

  • Phil 4:17
    71%

    17I do not say this because I am seeking a gift. Rather, I seek the credit that abounds to your account.

  • 2 Cor 7:2
    71%

    2Make room for us in your hearts; we have wronged no one, we have ruined no one, we have exploited no one.

  • 2 Thess 3:8-9
    2 verses
    71%

    8and we did not eat anyone’s food without paying. Instead, in toil and drudgery we worked night and day in order not to burden any of you.

    9It was not because we do not have that right, but to give ourselves as an example for you to imitate.

  • 1 Tim 6:8
    71%

    8But if we have food and shelter, we will be satisfied with that.

  • Heb 13:5
    70%

    5Your conduct must be free from the love of money and you must be content with what you have, for he has said,“I will never leave you and I will never abandon you.”

  • Luke 22:35
    70%

    35Then Jesus said to them,“When I sent you out with no money bag, or traveler’s bag, or sandals, you didn’t lack anything, did you?” They replied,“Nothing.”

  • Gen 14:23
    70%

    23that I will take nothing belonging to you, not even a thread or the strap of a sandal. That way you can never say,‘It is I who made Abram rich.’

  • Acts 20:27
    70%

    27For I did not hold back from announcing to you the whole purpose of God.

  • Acts 20:19-20
    2 verses
    70%

    19serving the Lord with all humility and with tears, and with the trials that happened to me because of the plots of the Jews.

    20You know that I did not hold back from proclaiming to you anything that would be helpful, and from teaching you publicly and from house to house,

  • Titus 2:10
    70%

    10not pilfering, but showing all good faith, in order to bring credit to the teaching of God our Savior in everything.

  • 2 Cor 9:5
    69%

    5Therefore I thought it necessary to urge these brothers to go to you in advance and to arrange ahead of time the generous contribution you had promised, so this may be ready as a generous gift and not as something you feel forced to do.

  • Luke 9:3
    69%

    3He said to them,“Take nothing for your journey– no staff, no bag, no bread, no money, and do not take an extra tunic.

  • 2 Cor 6:3
    69%

    3We do not give anyone an occasion for taking an offense in anything, so that no fault may be found with our ministry.

  • 1 Cor 10:24
    69%

    24Do not seek your own good, but the good of the other person.

  • 2 Cor 12:17
    69%

    17I have not taken advantage of you through anyone I have sent to you, have I?

  • 1 Cor 9:18
    69%

    18What then is my reward? That when I preach the gospel I may offer the gospel free of charge, and so not make full use of my rights in the gospel.

  • Phil 2:20
    69%

    20For there is no one here like him who will readily demonstrate his deep concern for you.

  • Rom 15:17
    69%

    17So I boast in Christ Jesus about the things that pertain to God.

  • 1 Cor 10:32-33
    2 verses
    68%

    32Do not give offense to Jews or Greeks or to the church of God,

    33just as I also try to please everyone in all things. I do not seek my own benefit, but the benefit of many, so that they may be saved.

  • Gal 4:12
    68%

    12I beg you, brothers and sisters, become like me, because I have become like you. You have done me no wrong!

  • Ezek 18:16
    68%

    16does not oppress anyone or keep what has been given in pledge, does not commit robbery, gives his food to the hungry, and clothes the naked,

  • Heb 10:34
    68%

    34For in fact you shared the sufferings of those in prison, and you accepted the confiscation of your belongings with joy, because you knew that you certainly had a better and lasting possession.

  • 1 Tim 6:11
    68%

    11But you, as a person dedicated to God, keep away from all that. Instead pursue righteousness, godliness, faithfulness, love, endurance, and gentleness.

  • Ezek 18:7
    68%

    7does not oppress anyone, but gives the debtor back whatever was given in pledge, does not commit robbery, but gives his bread to the hungry and clothes the naked,

  • Luke 12:33
    68%

    33Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide yourselves purses that do not wear out– a treasure in heaven that never decreases, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys.

  • 2 Cor 12:13
    68%

    13For how were you treated worse than the other churches, except that I myself was not a burden to you? Forgive me this injustice!

  • 2 Cor 11:5
    68%

    5For I consider myself not at all inferior to those“super-apostles.”

  • 2 Tim 3:10
    68%

    10Continue in What You Have Learned You, however, have followed my teaching, my way of life, my purpose, my faith, my patience, my love, my endurance,

  • Rom 15:20
    68%

    20And in this way I desire to preach where Christ has not been named, so as not to build on another person’s foundation,

  • Phlm 1:14
    68%

    14However, without your consent I did not want to do anything, so that your good deed would not be out of compulsion, but from your own willingness.

  • Acts 4:34
    68%

    34For there was no one needy among them, because those who were owners of land or houses were selling them and bringing the proceeds from the sales

  • 1 Sam 12:4
    68%

    4They replied,“You have not wronged us or oppressed us. You have not taken anything from the hand of anyone.”

  • Phil 4:11
    68%

    11I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content in any circumstance.