Acts 20:27

New Living Translation

for I didn't shrink from declaring all that God wants you to know.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
because I did not avoid declaring to you the whole plan of God.

King James Version (1611)
For I haue not shunned to declare vnto you all the counsell of God.

King James Version
For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God.

English Standard Version
for I did not shrink from declaring to you the whole counsel of God.

New American Standard Bible
"For I did not shrink from declaring to you the whole purpose of God.

New Century Version
because I have told you everything God wants you to know.

Amplified Bible
"For I did not shrink from declaring to you the whole purpose and plan of God.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"For I did not shrink from declaring to you the whole purpose of God.

Legacy Standard Bible
For I did not shrink from declaring to you the whole purpose of God.

Berean Standard Bible
For I did not shrink back from declaring to you the whole will of God.

Contemporary English Version
I have told you everything God wants you to know.

Complete Jewish Bible
For I did not shrink from proclaiming to you the whole plan of God.

Darby Translation
for I have not shrunk from announcing to you all the counsel of God.

Easy-to-Read Version
I can say this because I know that I told you everything that God wants you to know.

Geneva Bible (1587)
For I haue kept nothing backe, but haue shewed you all the counsell of God.

George Lamsa Translation
For I have never shunned to declare to you, all the will of God.

Good News Translation
For I have not held back from announcing to you the whole purpose of God.

Lexham English Bible
for I did not shrink from proclaiming to you the whole purpose of God.

Literal Translation
For I did not keep back from declaring to you all the counsel of God.

American Standard Version
For I shrank not from declaring unto you the whole counsel of God.

Bible in Basic English
For I have not kept back from you anything of the purpose of God.

Hebrew Names Version
for I didn't shrink from declaring to you the whole counsel of God.

International Standard Version
for I never shrank from telling you the whole plan of God.Luke 7:30; John 15:15; Acts 20:20; Ephesians 1:11;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
For I have not shunned to make known to you all the will of Aloha.

Murdock Translation
For I have not shunned to acquaint you with all the will of God.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
For I haue kept nothyng backe, but haue shewed you all ye counsell of God.

English Revised Version
For I shrank not from declaring unto you the whole counsel of God.

World English Bible
for I didn't shrink from declaring to you the whole counsel of God.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God.

Weymouth's New Testament
For I have not shrunk from declaring to you God's whole truth.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
For Y fley not awey, that Y telde not to you al the counsel of God.

Update Bible Version
For I did not shrink from declaring to you the whole counsel of God.

Webster's Bible Translation
For I have not shunned to declare to you all the counsel of God.

New English Translation
For I did not hold back from announcing to you the whole purpose of God.

New King James Version
For I have not shunned to declare to you the whole counsel of God.

New Life Bible
I told you all the truth about God.

New Revised Standard
for I did not shrink from declaring to you the whole purpose of God.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
for I have not shrunk from announcing all the counsel of God unto you.

Douay-Rheims Bible
For I have not spread to declare unto you all, the counsel of God.

Revised Standard Version
for I did not shrink from declaring to you the whole counsel of God.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
For I have kepte nothinge backe: but have shewed you all the counsell of God.

Young's Literal Translation
for I did not keep back from declaring to you all the counsel of God.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
For I haue kepte nothinge backe, but haue shewed you all the councell off God.

Mace New Testament (1729)
for I have acquainted you with the whole dispensation of God without reserve.

Simplified Cowboy Version
Not once did I hold anything back from you about what God wants.

Contextual Overview

¹⁷ But when we landed at Miletus, he sent a message to the elders of the church at Ephesus, asking them to come and meet him. ¹⁸ When they arrived he declared, "You know that from the day I set foot in the province of Asia until now ¹⁹ I have done the Lord's work humbly and with many tears. I have endured the trials that came to me from the plots of the Jews. ²⁰ I never shrank back from telling you what you needed to hear, either publicly or in your homes. ²¹ I have had one message for Jews and Greeks alike—the necessity of repenting from sin and turning to God, and of having faith in our Lord Jesus. ²² "And now I am bound by the Spirit to go to Jerusalem. I don't know what awaits me, ²³ except that the Holy Spirit tells me in city after city that jail and suffering lie ahead. ²⁴ But my life is worth nothing to me unless I use it for finishing the work assigned me by the Lord Jesus—the work of telling others the Good News about the wonderful grace of God. ²⁵ "And now I know that none of you to whom I have preached the Kingdom will ever see me again. ²⁶ I declare today that I have been faithful. If anyone suffers eternal death, it's not my fault,

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

I have: Acts 20:20, Acts 20:35, Acts 26:22, Acts 26:23, 2 Corinthians 4:2, Galatians 1:7-10, Galatians 4:16, 1 Thessalonians 2:4

all: Acts 2:23, Psalms 32:11, Isaiah 46:10, Isaiah 46:11, Jeremiah 23:22, Matthew 28:20, Luke 7:30, John 15:15, 1 Corinthians 11:23, Ephesians 1:11

Reciprocal: Genesis 40:19 - and the birds Exodus 6:29 - speak Exodus 7:2 - General Leviticus 10:11 - General Numbers 9:8 - I will Numbers 18:1 - shall bear Numbers 29:40 - General Deuteronomy 1:18 - General Deuteronomy 4:5 - General Deuteronomy 22:8 - thou bring Deuteronomy 31:30 - General Joshua 8:35 - was not Joshua 11:15 - he left nothing 2 Samuel 7:17 - General 1 Kings 22:14 - what the Lord 1 Chronicles 17:15 - According 2 Chronicles 18:7 - me 2 Chronicles 18:13 - even what my God Job 6:10 - have not concealed Job 26:3 - plentifully Psalms 40:10 - not hid Psalms 107:11 - contemned Proverbs 14:25 - General Isaiah 21:10 - that which Isaiah 58:1 - spare Jeremiah 1:7 - for thou shalt Jeremiah 1:17 - and speak Jeremiah 6:17 - I Jeremiah 7:27 - thou shalt speak Jeremiah 15:19 - let them Jeremiah 17:16 - that Jeremiah 19:2 - and proclaim Jeremiah 26:2 - all the words Jeremiah 34:6 - General Jeremiah 38:21 - this is Jeremiah 42:4 - I will keep Jeremiah 42:19 - know Jeremiah 42:21 - I have Jeremiah 43:1 - all the words Ezekiel 2:4 - Thus Ezekiel 3:11 - speak Ezekiel 3:18 - but Ezekiel 33:7 - thou shalt Ezekiel 33:8 - that wicked Ezekiel 40:4 - declare Matthew 10:14 - shake Mark 4:22 - General Mark 6:18 - It is Acts 4:11 - you Acts 4:29 - that Acts 18:6 - Your 1 Corinthians 2:4 - my speech 2 Corinthians 2:16 - the savour of death 2 Corinthians 2:17 - but as of sincerity Colossians 1:28 - warning 1 Thessalonians 4:1 - ye have 1 Thessalonians 5:14 - warn 1 Timothy 4:16 - thou shalt 2 Timothy 2:15 - rightly 2 Timothy 3:16 - and is James 3:1 - knowing 1 Peter 5:2 - which is among you 1 John 1:3 - declare

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God. By which is meant, not the purposes and decrees of God, latent in his own breast, these the apostle could not declare; but his revealed will in the Gospel, concerning the salvation of men by Jesus Christ, even the whole of the Gospel, every truth and doctrine of it, necessary to salvation, and to the peace, joy, and comfort of the saints; together with all the ordinances of it, and everything that had any tendency to promote the glory of God, and the good of souls; see Luke 7:30 none of these things did the apostle withhold from the knowledge of the church at Ephesus, but freely imparted and communicated them to them; Luke 7:30- :.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For - This verse contains a reason for what had been said in the previous verse. It shows why Paul regarded himself as innocent if they should be lost.

I have not shunned - I have not kept back; I have not been deterred by fear, by the desire of popularity, by the fact that the doctrines of the gospel are unpalatable to people, from declaring them fully. The proper meaning of the word translated here, “I have not shunned” ὑπεστειλάμην hupesteilamēn, is “to disguise any important truth; to withdraw it from public view; to decline publishing it from fear, or an apprehension of the consequences.” Paul means that he had not disguised any truth; he had not withdrawn or kept it from open view, by any apprehension of the effect which it might have on their minds. Truth may be disguised or kept back:

1. By avoiding the subject altogether from timidity, or from an apprehension of giving offence if it is openly proclaimed; or,
2. By giving it too little prominency, so that it shall be lost in the multitude of other truths; or,
3. By presenting it amidst a web of metaphysical speculations, and entangling it with other subjects; or,
4. By making use of other terms than the Bible does, for the purpose of involving it in a mist, so that it cannot be understood.

People may resort to this course:

1. Because the truth itself is unpalatable;
2. Because they may apprehend the loss of reputation or support;
3. Because they may not love the truth them selves, and choose to conceal its prominent and offensive points;
4. Because they may be afraid of the rich, the great, and the frivolous, and apprehend that they shall excite their indignation; and,
5. By a love of metaphysical philosophy, and a constant effort to bring everything to the test of their own reason. People often preach a philosophical explanation of a doctrine instead of the doctrine itself They deserve the credit of ingenuity, but not that of being open and bold proclaimers of the truth of God.

All the counsel - πᾶσαν τὴν βουλὴν pasan tēn boulēn. The word “counsel” (βουλὴ boulē) denotes properly “consolation, deliberation,” and then “will or purpose,” Luke 23:51; Acts 2:23. It means here the will or purpose of God, as revealed in regard to the salvation of people. Paul had made a full statement of that plan of the guilt of people, of the claims of the Law, of the need of a Saviour, of the provisions of mercy, and of the state of future rewards and punishments. Ministers ought to declare all that counsel, because God commands it; because it is needful for the salvation of people; and because the message is not theirs, but God’s, and they have no right to change, to disguise, or to withhold it. And if it is the duty of ministers to declare that counsel, it is the duty of a people to listen to it with respect and candor, and with a desire to know the truth, and to be saved by it. Declaring the counsel of God will do no good unless it is received into honest and humble hearts, and with a disposition to know what God has revealed for salvation.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Acts 20:27. I have not shunned to declare — ου υπεστιλαμην, I have not suppressed or concealed any thing, through fear or favour, that might be beneficial to your souls. This is properly the meaning of the original word. Acts 20:20.

All the counsel of God. — All that God has determined and revealed concerning the salvation of man-the whole doctrine of Christ crucified, with repentance towards God, and faith in Jesus as the Messiah and great atoning Priest. In Isaiah 9:6, Jesus Christ is called the wonderful counsellor, פלא יועץ Pele Poets, which the Septuagint translate μεγαλης βουλης αγγελος The messenger of the great counsel. To this the apostle may have referred, as we well know that this version was constantly under his eye. Declaring therefore to them the whole counsel of God, πασηντην βουληντουθεου, the whole of that counsel or design of God, was, in effect, declaring the whole that concerned the Lord Jesus, who was the messenger of this counsel.