In everything, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words of the Lord Jesus Himself: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”
And do not neglect to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased.
Kindness to the poor is a loan to the LORD, and He will repay the lender.
Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.
Then Jesus said to the man who had invited Him, “When you host a dinner or a banquet, do not invite your friends or brot
Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, drive out demons. Freely you have received; freely give.
For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sake He became poor, so that you
And we urge you, brothers, to admonish the unruly, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, and be patient with everyo
Isn’t it to share your bread with the hungry, to bring the poor and homeless into your home, to clothe the naked when yo
Then the King will say to those on His right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for
We who are strong ought to bear with the shortcomings of the weak and not to please ourselves.
Not that I am seeking a gift, but I am looking for the fruit that may be credited to your account.
Strengthen the limp hands and steady the feeble knees!
For I did not shrink back from declaring to you the whole will of God.
It is well with the man who is generous and lends freely, whose affairs are guided by justice.
He who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work, doing good with his own hands, that he may have something
I did not shrink back from declaring anything that was helpful to you as I taught you publicly and from house to house,
Remember those in prison as if you were bound with them, and those who are mistreated as if you were suffering with them
But a noble man makes honorable plans; he stands up for worthy causes.
Therefore strengthen your limp hands and weak knees.
In what way were you inferior to the other churches, except that I was not a burden to you? Forgive me this wrong!
For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. Blessed is the one who cares for the poor; the LORD will deliver him in the day o
And when I was with you and in need, I was not a burden to anyone; for the brothers who came from Macedonia supplied my
and to aspire to live quietly, to attend to your own matters, and to work with your own hands, as we instructed you.
But I will keep on doing what I am doing, in order to undercut those who want an opportunity to be regarded as our equal
If others have this right to your support, shouldn’t we have it all the more? But we did not exercise this right. Instea