Study it in the app“In everything I showed you that by working hard in this way we must help the weak and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he himself said, ‘It is more happy to give than to receive.’””
Paul recalls Jesus' words: it is more blessed to give than to receiveGenerosity and Money
In everythingπάνταI showedὑπέδειξαyouὑμῖνthatὅτιby working hardκοπιῶνταςin this wayοὕτωςwemustδεῖhelpἀντιλαμβάνεσθαιthe weakτῶν ἀσθενούντωνandτεrememberμνημονεύεινthe wordsτῶν λόγωνof the Lordτοῦ κυρίουJesus,Ἰησοῦhowὅτιhe himselfαὐτὸςsaid,εἶπεν‘It isἐστινmoreμᾶλλονhappyΜακάριόνto giveδιδόναιthanἢto receive.’”λαμβάνειν
show, warn
Show, make known, teach; warn.
Where else “hypedeixa” appearstoil
To put great effort into a task, to the point of weariness.
Where else “kopiōntas” appearsmust
Something that has to be done.
Where else “dei” appearshelp
To lend someone a hand to hold them up.
Where else “antilambanesthai” appearsbe weak
To have no strength, falter in faith.
Where else “asthenountōn” appearsremember
To keep something in mind.
Where else “mnēmoneuein” appearsword
What someone says or teaches.
Where else “logōn” appearsLord
The Lord: God, whose name is YHWH; also Jesus.
Where else “kyriou” appearsJesus
Jesus, the Greek form of the Hebrew Yehoshua (Joshua), which means "YHWH saves". It is the name the angel told Joseph to give him (Matthew 1:21).
Where else “Iēsou” appearssay
To express something in words to others.
Where else “eipen” appearsbe
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “estin” appearsmore
To a greater degree; how much more, when comparing.
Where else “mallon” appearsblessed, happy
Blessed: truly happy, in the condition God blesses. It is the "happy" or "blessed" of the Psalms.
Where else “Makarion” appearsgive
To hand something to another freely, as a gift.
Where else “didonai” appearsreceive
To be given something, like the Spirit.
Where else “lambanein” appearsThis saying of Jesus is not in the Gospels; Paul probably knew it from what was handed down by word of mouth.
34You yourselves know that these hands served my needs and those of the ones who were with me.
35 · This verse (above)
36And when he had said these things, he knelt down and prayed with them all.
1. What it says
What happens to Eutychus while Paul speaks for so long, and how does the night end? (vv. 7-12)
2. What it means
In his farewell to the Ephesian elders, Paul recalls Jesus' words about giving. What do they say, and why does he quote them? (vv. 33-35)
3. How I live it
Paul worked with his hands to help the weak (vv. 34-35). What can you give someone today, in time or attention?
