Acts 20:35

By all these things, ¹  I have shown you that by working in this way we must help ²  the weak, ³  and remember the words of the Lord Jesus that he himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’” ⁴ 

Ps 41:1-3; Ps 112:5-9; Pr 19:17; Isa 32:8; Isa 35:3; Isa 58:7-12; Mt 10:8; Mt 25:34-40; Lu 14:12-14; Ac 20:20,27; Ro 15:1; 1Co 9:12; 2Co 8:9; 2Co 9:6-12; 2Co 11:9,12; 2Co 12:13; Eph 4:28; Php 4:17-20; 1Th 4:11; 1Th 5:14; Heb 12:12,13; Heb 13:3; Heb 13:16

¹ sn The expression By all these things means “In everything I did.”

² tn Or “must assist.”

³ tn Or “the sick.” See Eph 4:28.

⁴ sn The saying is similar to Matt 10:8. Service and generosity should be abundant. Interestingly, these exact words are not found in the gospels. Paul must have known of this saying from some other source.