I’ve said I will not accept anything that belongs to you. I will not take even a thread or the strap of a sandal. You will never be able to say,‘ I made Abram rich.’

凡是你的东西，就是一根线、一根鞋带，我都不拿，免得你说：‘我使亚伯兰富足！’

凡是你的东西，就是一根线、一条鞋带，我都不拿，免得你说：‘是我使亚伯兰富足！’

凡是你的东西，就是一根线、一条鞋带，我都不拿，免得你说：‘是我使亚伯兰富足！’

凡是你的东西，就是一根线、一条鞋带，我都不会拿，免得你说，‘我使亚伯兰发了财！’

凡是你的东西，就是一根线，一条鞋带，我也不拿，免得你说：‘我使亚伯兰发了财。’

任何属于你的东西，就是一根线、一根鞋带，我也绝不会拿，以免你说：‘是我使亚伯兰富有。’

凡是你的東西，就是一根線、一根鞋帶，我都不拿，免得你說：『我使亞伯蘭富足！』

凡是你的東西，就是一根線、一條鞋帶，我都不拿，免得你說：『是我使亞伯蘭富足！』

凡是你的東西，就是一根線、一條鞋帶，我都不拿，免得你說：『是我使亞伯蘭富足！』

凡是你的東西，就是一根線、一條鞋帶，我都不會拿，免得你說，『我使亞伯蘭發了財！』

凡是你的東西，就是一根線，一條鞋帶，我也不拿，免得你說：‘我使亞伯蘭發了財。’

凡是你的東西就是一根線、一條鞋帶，我也不拿，免得你說：「我使亞伯蘭發財」。

任何屬於你的東西，就是一根線、一根鞋帶，我也絕不會拿，以免你說：『是我使亞伯蘭富有。』

凡屬爾者、一絲縷、一履帶、吾弗取焉、免爾云、我使亞伯蘭致富、

不取爾一絲縷、一履帶、恐爾謂以富加諸我。

凡屬爾者、即一絲一履帶、我皆不取、免爾云、我使亞伯蘭致富、

that I will accept nothing belonging to you, not even a thread or the strap of a sandal, so that you will never be able to say,‘ I made Abram rich.’

that I would not take a thread or a sandal strap or anything that is yours, lest you should say,‘ I have made Abram rich.’

that I will not take so much as a single thread or sandal thong from what belongs to you. Otherwise you might say,‘ I am the one who made Abram rich.’

that I will not take a thread or sandal strap or anything that belongs to you, so you can never say,‘ I made Abram rich.’

that I will not take a thread or a sandal strap or anything that is yours, so that you do not say,‘ I have made Abram rich.’

that I will take nothing, from a thread to a sandal strap, and that I will not take anything that is yours, lest you should say,‘ I have made Abram rich’—

that I will not take a thread nor a shoe- latchet nor aught that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich:

that I will not take a thread or sandal strap or anything that belongs to you, so you can never say,‘ I made Abram rich.’

That I will not[ take] from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and that I will not take any thing that[ is] thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich:

that I will take nothing belonging to you, not even a thread or the strap of a sandal. That way you can never say,‘ It is I who made Abram rich.’

that I will not take a thread nor a sandal strap nor anything that is yours, lest you should say,‘ I have made Abram rich.’

The prophet answered,“ I serve the Lord. You can be sure that he lives. And you can be just as sure that I won’t accept a gift from you.” Even though Naaman begged him to take it, Elisha wouldn’t.

The Jews in Susa came together on the 14th day of the month of Adar. They put 300 men to death in Susa. But they didn’t take anything that belonged to those men.During that time, the rest of the Jews also gathered together. They lived in the king’s territories. They came together to fight for their lives. They didn’t want their enemies to bother them anymore. They wanted to get some peace and rest. So they killed 75,000 of their enemies. But they didn’t take anything that belonged to them.

Gehazi was the servant of Elisha, the man of God. Gehazi said to himself,“ My master was too easy on Naaman from Aram. He should have accepted the gift Naaman brought. I’m going to run after him. I’m going to get something from him. And that’s just as sure as the Lord is alive.”

Don’t be controlled by love for money. Be happy with what you have. God has said,“ I will never leave you. I will never desert you.”( Deuteronomy 31:6)

When I was with you and needed something, I didn’t cause you any expense. The believers who came from Macedonia gave me what I needed. I haven’t caused you any expense at all. And I won’t ever do it.I’m sure that the truth of Christ is in me. And I’m just as sure that nobody in Achaia will keep me from bragging.Why? Because I don’t love you? No! God knows I do!And I will keep on doing what I’m doing. That will stop those who claim they have things to brag about. They think they have a chance to be considered equal with us.

Now I am ready to visit you for the third time. I won’t cause you any expense. I don’t want what you have. What I really want is you. After all, children shouldn’t have to save up for their parents. Parents should save up for their children.

But the man of God replied to the king. He said,“ What if you were to give me half of what you own? Even then I wouldn’t go with you. I wouldn’t eat bread or drink water here.