Bible Cross References
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2 Kings 5:16
Elisha answered, "By the living LORD, whom I serve, I swear that I will not accept a gift." Naaman insisted that he accept it, but he would not.
2 Kings 5:20
when Elisha's servant Gehazi said to himself, "My master has let Naaman get away without paying a thing! He should have accepted what that Syrian offered him. By the living LORD I will run after him and get something from him."
2 Corinthians 11:8-12
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While I was working among you, I was paid by other churches. I was robbing them, so to speak, in order to help you.
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And during the time I was with you I did not bother you for help when I needed money; the believers who came from Macedonia brought me everything I needed. As in the past, so in the future: I will never be a burden to you!
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By Christ's truth in me, I promise that this boast of mine will not be silenced anywhere in all of Achaia.
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Do I say this because I don't love you? God knows I love you!
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I will go on doing what I am doing now, in order to keep those other "apostles" from having any reason for boasting and saying that they work in the same way that we do.
2 Corinthians 12:11-15
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I am acting like a fool---but you have made me do it. You are the ones who ought to show your approval of me. For even if I am nothing, I am in no way inferior to those very special "apostles" of yours.
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The many miracles and wonders that prove that I am an apostle were performed among you with much patience.
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How were you treated any worse than the other churches, except that I did not bother you for financial help? Please forgive me for being so unfair!
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This is now the third time that I am ready to come to visit you---and I will not make any demands on you. It is you I want, not your money. After all, children should not have to provide for their parents, but parents should provide for their children.
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I will be glad to spend all I have, and myself as well, in order to help you. Will you love me less because I love you so much?
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Acts 16:40
Paul and Silas left the prison and went to Lydia's house. There they met the believers, spoke words of encouragement to them, and left.
Acts 17:1-5
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Paul and Silas traveled on through Amphipolis and Apollonia and came to Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue.
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According to his usual habit Paul went to the synagogue. There during three Sabbaths he held discussions with the people, quoting
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and explaining the Scriptures, and proving from them that the Messiah had to suffer and rise from death. "This Jesus whom I announce to you," Paul said, "is the Messiah."
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Some of them were convinced and joined Paul and Silas; so did many of the leading women and a large group of Greeks who worshiped God.
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But some Jews were jealous and gathered worthless loafers from the streets and formed a mob. They set the whole city in an uproar and attacked the home of a man named Jason, in an attempt to find Paul and Silas and bring them out to the people.