Acts 20:32 “And now I commit you to God and to the word of His grace, which can bu…”

Acts 20:32

And now I commit you to God and to the word of His grace, which can build you up and give you an inheritance among all who are sanctified.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified.

World English Bible

Now, brothers, I entrust you to God and to the word of his grace, which is able to build up and to give you the inheritance among all those who are sanctified.

American Standard Version

And now I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you the inheritance among all them that are sanctified.

Geneva Bible 1599

And nowe brethren, I commend you to God, and to the worde of his grace, which is able to build further, and to giue you an inheritance, among all them, which are sanctified.

Darby Translation

And now I commit you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build [you] up and give [to you] an inheritance among all the sanctified.

Young's Literal Translation

and now, I commend you, brethren, to God, and to the word of His grace, that is able to build up, and to give you an inheritance among all those sanctified.

Bible in Basic English

And now, I give you into the care of God and the word of his grace, which is able to make you strong and to give you your heritage among all the saints.

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Cross references

“I commend”

Acts 14:23 Acts 14:26 Acts 15:40 Jeremiah 49:11 Genesis 50:24 Jude 1:24

Acts 14:23 · BSB

Paul and Barnabas appointed elders for them in each church, praying and fasting as they entrusted them to the Lord, in whom they had believed.

Acts 14:26 · BSB

From Attalia they sailed to Antioch, where they had been commended to the grace of God for the work they had just completed.

Acts 15:40 · BSB

but Paul chose Silas and left, commended by the brothers to the grace of the Lord.

Jeremiah 49:11 · BSB

Abandon your orphans; I will preserve their lives. Let your widows trust in Me.”

Genesis 50:24 · BSB

Then Joseph said to his brothers, “I am about to die, but God will surely visit you and bring you up from this land to the land He promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”

Jude 1:24 · BSB

Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you unblemished in His glorious presence, with great joy—

“and to the”

Hebrews 13:9 Acts 20:24

Hebrews 13:9 · BSB

Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings, for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace and not by foods of no value to those devoted to them.

Acts 20:24 · BSB

But I consider my life of no value to me, if only I may finish my course and complete the ministry I have received from the Lord Jesus—the ministry of testifying to the good news of God’s grace.

“to build”

Colossians 2:7 Jude 1:20 John 17:17 Ephesians 2:20–22 John 15:3 Ephesians 4:12

Colossians 2:7 · BSB

rooted and built up in Him, established in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.

Jude 1:20 · BSB

But you, beloved, by building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit,

John 17:17 · BSB

Sanctify them by the truth; Your word is truth.

Ephesians 2:20–22 · BSB

built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus Himself as the cornerstone.

John 15:3 · BSB

You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you.

Ephesians 4:12 · BSB

to equip the saints for works of ministry and to build up the body of Christ,

“and to give”

Colossians 1:12 Acts 26:18 Colossians 3:24 Ephesians 1:18 Hebrews 9:15 Jeremiah 3:19

Colossians 1:12 · BSB

giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in the light.

Acts 26:18 · BSB

to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those sanctified by faith in Me.’

Colossians 3:24 · BSB

because you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as your reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving.

Ephesians 1:18 · BSB

I ask that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you may know the hope of His calling, the riches of His glorious inheritance in the saints,

Hebrews 9:15 · BSB

Therefore Christ is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance, now that He has died to redeem them from the transgressions committed under the first covenan…

Jeremiah 3:19 · BSB

Then I said, ‘How I long to make you My sons and give you a desirable land, the most beautiful inheritance of all the nations!’ I thought you would call Me ‘Father’ and never turn away from following Me.

“which are”

1 Corinthians 6:11 Hebrews 2:11 Hebrews 10:14 1 Corinthians 1:2 Jude 1:1

1 Corinthians 6:11 · BSB

And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.

Hebrews 2:11 · BSB

For both the One who sanctifies and those who are sanctified are of the same family. So Jesus is not ashamed to call them brothers.

Hebrews 10:14 · BSB

because by a single offering He has made perfect for all time those who are being sanctified.

1 Corinthians 1:2 · BSB

To the church of God in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus and called to be holy, together with all those everywhere who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours:

Jude 1:1 · BSB

Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and a brother of James, To those who are called, loved by God the Father, and kept in Jesus Christ:

Also

Ephesians 1:14 Ephesians 5:5 Acts 14:3

Ephesians 1:14 · BSB

who is the pledge of our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God’s possession, to the praise of His glory.

Ephesians 5:5 · BSB

For of this you can be sure: No immoral, impure, or greedy person (that is, an idolater) has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.

Acts 14:3 · BSB

So Paul and Barnabas spent considerable time there, speaking boldly for the Lord, who affirmed the message of His grace by enabling them to perform signs and wonders.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

31Therefore be alert and remember that for three years I never stopped warning each of you night and day with tears.

33I have not coveted anyone’s silver or gold or clothing.

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