Acts 2:45

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Summary

Acts 2:45

And sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, as every man had need.

Sold

Luke 19:8

Parted

1 John 3:17

General references

Hebrews 13:1

Bible References

Sold

Neither was there any person in want among them: for as many as were possessors of fields or houses disposed of them, and brought the prices of the things sold,

NOW a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, had sold an estate,

Then the disciples, as everyman had ability, determined every individual of them to send a sum to be distributed among the brethren who dwelt in Judea:

Sell all your possessions, and give in charity; make yourselves purses that wax not old, a treasure never failing in the heavens, where no thief approaches, nor doth the moth destroy.

And I say unto you, Make yourselves friends with the unrighteous mammon that when ye fail, they may receive you into the eternal mansions.

Then Jesus hearing this, said to him, Yet one thing thou lackest: sell all whatsoever thou hast, and distribute to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.

Then Zaccheus standing up, said unto the Lord, Behold, the half of my goods, Lord, I give unto the poor; and if I have got any thing from any man, by laying false informations, I am ready to restore fourfold.

Parted

NOW concerning the contribution for the saints, it is superfluous for me to write unto you.

to do good, to be rich in generous actions, to take pleasure in liberality, ready to distribute;

What is the advantage, my brethren, if a man profess to have faith, but hath not works; can faith save him?

COME now, ye rich men, let your tears run down, howling over your miseries which are coming upon you.

But whosoever hath worldly abundance, and seeth his brother under necessity, and shutteth his bowels of compassion against him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?

General references

LET brotherly love continue.