Acts 20:20

"how. shrank not from declaring unto you anything that was profitable, and teaching you publicly, and from house to house"I shrank not": "To withdraw oneself, to cower, to shrink, or to conceal. Hebrews 10:38 " (Robertson p. 349). "Anything that was profitable": Even though Paul's life was often in danger while in Ephesus, he refused to tone down or water down the message. Clearly, Paul did not believe in situation ethics, that is, you are justified in watering down the message, if that saves your life. Reese notes, "This statement presents Paul in striking contrast with the time-servers so abundant in our modern pulpits, who never rebuke sin except at. long distance; who speak none but smooth words about corruption in the church; and whose whole study is personal popularity" (p. 745). "Teaching you publicly": As in the school of Tyrannus (Acts 19:9). "From house to house": Personal home bible studies. Carefully note that these are not "house calls". The work of an evangelistic is not to entertain or make social calls, rather, he is to teach the Word of God (2 Timothy 4:2).