Acts 20:20-21 And how I kept back nothing that was profitable to you, but have showed you, and have taught you publicly, and from house to house,… The verb is one which belongs to the vocabulary of sailors, and was used for taking in or reefing sails. He, St. Paul seems to say of himself, had used no such reticence or reserve, but had gone on his course, as it were, before the wind, with all his canvas spread. (Dean Plumptre.) Parallel Verses KJV: 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, |
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