Acts 20:20 Parallel Translations
NASB: how I did not shrink from declaring to you anything that was profitable, and teaching you publicly and from house to house, (NASB ©1995)
GWT: I didn't avoid telling you anything that would help you, and I didn't avoid teaching you publicly and from house to house.(GOD'S WORD®)
KJV: And how I kept back nothing that was profitable unto you, but have shewed you, and have taught you publickly, and from house to house,
ASV: how I shrank not from declaring unto you anything that was profitable, and teaching you publicly, and from house to house,
BBE: And how I kept back nothing which might be of profit to you, teaching you publicly and privately,
DBY: how I held back nothing of what is profitable, so as not to announce it to you, and to teach you publicly and in every house,
ERV: how that I shrank not from declaring unto you anything that was profitable, and teaching you publicly, and from house to house,
WEY: and that I never shrank from declaring to you anything that was profitable, or from teaching you in public and in your homes,
WBS: And how I kept back nothing that was profitable to you, but have shown you, and have taught you publicly, and from house to house,
WEB: how I didn't shrink from declaring to you anything that was profitable, teaching you publicly and from house to house,
YLT: how nothing I did keep back of what things are profitable, not to declare to you, and to teach you publicly, and in every house,
Acts 20:20 Cross References
XREF:Acts 20:27 "For I did not shrink from declaring to you the whole purpose of God. (NASB ©1995)
Commentaries and Concordances
GSB: 20:20 [And] how I kept {d} back nothing that was profitable [unto you], but have shewed you, and have taught you publickly, and from house to house,
(d) I did not refrain form speaking, neither did I conceal my motives in any way at all, either for fear or for wicked gain.
PNT: 20:20 Taught you publickly. Three months in the synagogue at Ephesus (Ac 19:8), two years in the school of Tyrannus (Ac 19:9,10), besides his teaching in the church assemblies.
WES: 20:20 I have preached - Publicly; and taught - From house to house. Else he had not been pure from their blood. For even an apostle could not discharge his duty by public preaching only. How much less can an ordinary pastor!
MHC: 20:17-27 The elders knew that Paul was no designing, self-seeking man. Those who would in any office serve the Lord acceptably, and profitably to others, must do it with humility. He was a plain preacher, one that spoke his message so as to be understood. He was a powerful preacher; he preached the gospel as a testimony to them if they received it; but as a testimony against them if they rejected it. He was a profitable preacher; one that aimed to inform their judgments, and reform their hearts and lives. He was a painful preacher, very industrious in his work. He was a faithful preacher; he did not keep back reproofs when necessary, nor keep back the preaching of the cross. He was a truly Christian, evangelical preacher; he did not preach notions or doubtful matters; nor affairs of state or the civil government; but he preached faith and repentance. A better summary of these things, without which there is no salvation, cannot be given: even repentance towards God, and faith towards our Lord Jesus Christ, with their fruits and effects. Without these no sinner can escape, and with these none will come short of eternal life. Let them not think that Paul left Asia for fear of persecution; he was in full expectation of trouble, yet resolved to go on, well assured that it was by Divine direction. Thanks be to God that we know not the things which shall befall us during the year, the week, the day which has begun. It is enough for the child of God to know that his strength shall be equal to his day. He knows not, he would not know, what the day before him shall bring forth. The powerful influences of the Holy Spirit bind the true Christian to his duty. Even when he expects persecution and affliction, the love of Christ constrains him to proceed. None of these things moved Paul from his work; they did not deprive him of his comfort. It is the business of our life to provide for a joyful death. Believing that this was the last time they should see him, he appeals concerning his integrity. He had preached to them the whole counsel of God. As he had preached to them the gospel purely, so he had preached it to them entire; he faithfully did his work, whether men would bear or forbear.
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