But now, I say, I am going to Jerusalem, serving the saints.
Parallel translations
- KJV But now I go unto Jerusalem to minister unto the saints.
- BSB Now, however, I am on my way to Jerusalem to serve the saints there.
- NKJV But now I am going to Jerusalem to minister to the saints.
- NASB but now, I am going to Jerusalem, serving the saints.
- NLT But before I come, I must go to Jerusalem to take a gift to the believers there.
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Cross-references · 8
- Acts 19:21Now after these things had ended, Paul determined in the spirit, when he had passed through Macedonia and Achaia, to go to Jerusalem, saying, “After I have been there, I must also see Rome.”
- Acts 24:17Now after some years, I came to bring gifts for the needy to my nation, and offerings;
- Acts 20:22Now, behold, I go bound by the Spirit to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there;
- Acts 20:16For Paul had determined to sail past Ephesus, that he might not have to spend time in Asia; for he was hastening, if it were possible for him, to be in Jerusalem on the day of Pentecost.
- 1 Cor 16:1–3Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I commanded the assemblies of Galatia, you do likewise.
- Acts 18:21but taking his leave of them, and saying, “I must by all means keep this coming feast in Jerusalem, but I will return again to you if God wills,” he set sail from Ephesus.
- Rom 15:26–31For it has been the good pleasure of Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain contribution for the poor among the saints who are at Jerusalem.
- Gal 2:10They only asked us to remember the poor — which very thing I was also zealous to do.
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