Philippians 4:17

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¹⁶ for even in Thessalonica you sent me a gift once and again for my needs. ¹⁷ Not that I seek the gift itself, but I seek for the profit which increases to your account. ¹⁸ I have received full payment and even more; I am amply supplied, having received from Epaphroditus the gifts you sent, a fragrant offering, an acceptable sacrifice, pleasing to God.

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Titus 3:14

Our people must also learn to devote themselves to good deeds, so that they may help cases of urgent need, and not be unfruitful.

Matthew 10:40-42

"He who receives you receives me, and he who receives me receives him who sent me.

Matthew 25:34-40

Then the King will say to those on his right hand, 'Come, you blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:

Luke 14:12-14

Then he also said to the one who invited him, "When you give a luncheon or a dinner, do not invite your friends or your brothers, your relatives or rich neighbors, lest they also invite you back, and you be repaid.

John 15:8

By this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit, and so prove to be my disciples.

John 15:16

You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain, that whatever you ask the Father in my name he may give you.

Acts 20:33-34

I have coveted no one's silver or gold or clothes.

Romans 15:28

When therefore I have completed this, and have delivered to them this fruit, I shall go on by way of you to Spain.

1 Corinthians 9:11-15

If we have sown spiritual seed among you, is it too much if we reap a material harvest from you?

2 Corinthians 9:5

So I thought it necessary to urge the brethren to go on to you before me, and arrange in advance for this gift you have promised, so that it may be ready not as an exaction but as a willing gift.

2 Corinthians 9:9-13

As it is written, "He has scattered abroad, he gives to the poor; his righteousness endures forever."

2 Corinthians 11:16

I repeat, let no one think me foolish; but even if you do, receive me as a fool, so that I too may boast a little.

Philippians 1:11

having been filled with the fruit of righteousness which comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

Philippians 4:11

Not that I speak from want, for I have learned to be content in whatever circumstances I am.

1 Thessalonians 2:5

For, as you know, we never used flattery nor a pretext for greed God is witness

1 Timothy 3:3

not given to drunkenness, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money.

1 Timothy 6:10

For the love of money is a root of all sorts of evil, and some by longing for it have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.

Titus 1:7

For the overseer must be blameless as God's steward, not self-willed, not quick-tempered, not addicted to wine, not violent, not fond of sordid gain,

Hebrews 6:10

For God is not so unjust as to forget your work and the love which you have shown for his sake in serving the saints, as you still do.

1 Peter 5:2

shepherd the flock of God that is under your care, serving as overseersnot under compulsion, but voluntarily, according to the will of God; and not for sordid gain, but with eagerness;

2 Peter 2:3

And in their greed they will exploit you with false words; from long ago their condemnation has not been idle, and their destruction has not been asleep.

2 Peter 2:15

Forsaking the right way, they have gone astray, having followed the way of Balaam, the son of Beor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;

Jude 1:11

Woe to them! For they have gone the way of Cain, and for the sake of gain they have rushed headlong into the Balaam's error, and perished in Korah's rebellion.