Acts 20:20

“And how I kept backe nothing that was profitable vnto you, but haue shewed you, and haue taught you publikely, and from house to house,”

1611 King James Version (KJV)




Viewing the original 1611 KJV with archaic English spelling.
Click to switch to the Standard KJV.

Other Translations for Acts 20:20

[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,
- King James Version

how I did not shrink from declaring to you anything that was profitable, and teaching you publicly and from house to house,
- New American Standard Version (1995)

how I shrank not from declaring unto you anything that was profitable, and teaching you publicly, and from house to house,
- American Standard Version (1901)

And how I kept back nothing which might be of profit to you, teaching you publicly and privately,
- Basic English Bible

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,
- Darby Bible

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,
- Webster's Bible

and that I never shrank from declaring to you anything that was profitable, or from teaching you in public and in your homes,
- Weymouth Bible

how I didn't shrink from declaring to you anything that was profitable, teaching you publicly and from house to house,
- World English Bible

hou Y withdrowe not of profitable thingis to you, that Y telde not to you, and tauyte you opynli, and bi housis;
- Wycliffe Bible

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,
- Youngs Literal Bible

Commentary for Acts 20:20

Wesley's Notes for Acts 20:20

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!


People's Bible Notes for Acts 20:20


Ac 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.

Bible Options

Sponsored Links