Thematic Bible
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Alms » Commandments and practices concerning
"But take care not to do your good deeds in public for people to see, for, if you do, you will get no reward from your Father in heaven. So when you are going to give to charity, do not blow a trumpet before yourself, as the hypocrites do, in the synagogues and the streets, to make people praise them. I tell you, that is all the reward they will get! But when you give to charity, your own left hand must not know what your right hand is doing, read more.
so that your charity may be secret, and your Father who sees what is secret will reward you.
so that your charity may be secret, and your Father who sees what is secret will reward you.
Jesus said to him, "If you want to be perfect, go! Sell your property and give the money to the poor, and you will have riches in heaven. Then come back and be a follower of mine."
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But give your inmost life as charity, and you will immediately find everything clean.
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Sell what belongs to you, and give away the money! Get yourselves purses that will never wear out, inexhaustible riches in heaven, where thieves cannot get near nor moths destroy.
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If anyone begs from you, give to him, and when anyone wants to borrow from you, do not turn away.
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the speaker, in his exhortation, the giver of charity, with generosity, the office-holder, with devotion, the one who does acts of mercy, with cheerfulness.
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So I have thought it necessary to ask these brothers to go on to you ahead of me, to arrange in advance for this gift you have promised, so as to have it ready, like an expression of your good will, not of your avarice. Remember this: The man who sows sparingly will reap sparingly, and the man who sows generously will reap generously. Everyone must give what he has made up his mind to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion; God loves a man who is glad to give.
Only, we were to remember the poor, and that I have taken pains to do.
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Charge them to do good, to be rich in good deeds, open-handed and generous,
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But do not forget to be helpful and generous, for that is the kind of sacrifice that pleases God.
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But if someone who is rich sees his brother in need and closes his heart against him, how can he have any love for God in his heart?
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Bowels » Figurative » Of the sensibilities
But if someone who is rich sees his brother in need and closes his heart against him, how can he have any love for God in his heart?
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For God is my witness how I yearn for you all with the affection of Christ Jesus himself.
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So by whatever appeal there is in our relation to Christ, by whatever incentive there is in love, by whatever participation there is in the Spirit, whatever affection and sympathy,
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As persons chosen by God, then, consecrated and dearly loved, you must clothe yourselves with tenderness of heart, kindness, humility, gentleness, forbearance.
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Charity » Those that are not charitable
But if someone who is rich sees his brother in need and closes his heart against him, how can he have any love for God in his heart?
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Simon Peter, a slave and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who through the uprightness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ have been given a faith as privileged as ours; God bless you and give you perfect peace through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord. For his divine power has given us every requisite for life and piety, through our coming to know him who through his glory and excellence called us to him. read more.
Thus he has given us his precious and splendid promises so that through them you may escape the corrupting influences that exist in the world through passion, and come to share in the divine nature. For this very reason make every effort to supplement your faith with goodness, goodness with knowledge, knowledge with self-control, self-control with steadfastness, steadfastness with piety, piety with a spirit of brotherhood, and the spirit of brotherhood with love. For if you have these qualities in their fulness, they will make you neither idle nor unproductive when it comes to the understanding of our Lord Jesus Christ. For whoever lacks these qualities is blind or near-sighted, and has forgotten that he has been cleansed from his former sins.
Thus he has given us his precious and splendid promises so that through them you may escape the corrupting influences that exist in the world through passion, and come to share in the divine nature. For this very reason make every effort to supplement your faith with goodness, goodness with knowledge, knowledge with self-control, self-control with steadfastness, steadfastness with piety, piety with a spirit of brotherhood, and the spirit of brotherhood with love. For if you have these qualities in their fulness, they will make you neither idle nor unproductive when it comes to the understanding of our Lord Jesus Christ. For whoever lacks these qualities is blind or near-sighted, and has forgotten that he has been cleansed from his former sins.
Compassion » Those that are not compassionate
But if someone who is rich sees his brother in need and closes his heart against him, how can he have any love for God in his heart?
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Compassion and sympathy » Inseparable from love to God
But if someone who is rich sees his brother in need and closes his heart against him, how can he have any love for God in his heart?
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Our forefathers worshiped God on this mountain, and yet you Jews say that the place where people must worship God is at Jerusalem."
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John, beloved disciple » Facts concerning » Learned the lesson of love in the school of Christ
Next to Jesus, at his right at the table, was one of his disciples whom Jesus especially loved.
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Whoever says, "I am in the light," and yet hates his brother, is still in darkness. Whoever loves his brother is always in the light and puts no hindrance in anyone's way.
We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love our brothers. Anyone who does not love is still in death. Whoever hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer can have eternal life remain in his heart. We know what love means from the fact that he laid down his life for us; so we also ought to lay down our lives for our brothers. read more.
But if someone who is rich sees his brother in need and closes his heart against him, how can he have any love for God in his heart? Dear children, let us love not with words or lips only but in reality and truth.
But if someone who is rich sees his brother in need and closes his heart against him, how can he have any love for God in his heart? Dear children, let us love not with words or lips only but in reality and truth.
Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God, and everyone who loves is a child of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, for God is love. God's love for us has been revealed in this way??hat God has sent his only Son into the world, to let us have life through him. read more.
The love consists not in our having loved God, but in his loving us and sending his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. Dear friends, if God has loved us so, we ought to love one another.
The love consists not in our having loved God, but in his loving us and sending his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. Dear friends, if God has loved us so, we ought to love one another.
Liberality » Want of » A proof of not loving God
But if someone who is rich sees his brother in need and closes his heart against him, how can he have any love for God in his heart?
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Love to God » The uncharitable, without
But if someone who is rich sees his brother in need and closes his heart against him, how can he have any love for God in his heart?
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The poor » Neglect towards, is » Inconsistent with » Love of God
But if someone who is rich sees his brother in need and closes his heart against him, how can he have any love for God in his heart?
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Riches » They who possess, should » Give of them to the poor
Jesus said to him, "If you want to be perfect, go! Sell your property and give the money to the poor, and you will have riches in heaven. Then come back and be a follower of mine."
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But if someone who is rich sees his brother in need and closes his heart against him, how can he have any love for God in his heart?
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Selfishness » Different forms of » Heartless indifference toward sinners
But if someone who is rich sees his brother in need and closes his heart against him, how can he have any love for God in his heart?
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People will be selfish, avaricious, boastful, arrogant, abusive, undutiful, ungrateful, irreverent,
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Then Judas who had betrayed him, when he saw that he had been condemned, in his remorse brought back the thirty silver pieces to the high priests and elders, and said, "I did wrong when I handed an innocent man over to death!" They said, "What is that to us? You see to it yourself."
Selfishness » Exhibited in » Neglect of the poor
But if someone who is rich sees his brother in need and closes his heart against him, how can he have any love for God in his heart?
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Social selfishness » Different forms of » Heartless indifference toward sinners
But if someone who is rich sees his brother in need and closes his heart against him, how can he have any love for God in his heart?
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People will be selfish, avaricious, boastful, arrogant, abusive, undutiful, ungrateful, irreverent,
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Then Judas who had betrayed him, when he saw that he had been condemned, in his remorse brought back the thirty silver pieces to the high priests and elders, and said, "I did wrong when I handed an innocent man over to death!" They said, "What is that to us? You see to it yourself."
Truth » Who is true
So Jesus answered, "My teaching is not my own; it comes from him who has sent me. Anyone who resolves to do his will will know whether my teaching comes from God, or originates with me. Whoever speaks simply for himself is looking for honor for himself, but whoever looks for honor for the person who has sent him shows his sincerity; there is no dishonesty about him.
But if someone who is rich sees his brother in need and closes his heart against him, how can he have any love for God in his heart? Dear children, let us love not with words or lips only but in reality and truth. From that we can be sure that we are on the side of the truth, and satisfy our consciences in God's sight, read more.
if they condemn us for anything, for God is greater than our consciences, and he knows all. Dear friends, if our consciences do not condemn us, we approach God with confidence,
if they condemn us for anything, for God is greater than our consciences, and he knows all. Dear friends, if our consciences do not condemn us, we approach God with confidence,
Dear friends, do not believe every inspired utterance, but test the utterances to see whether they come from God, for many false prophets have come out into the world. You can tell the Spirit of God in this way: all inspiration that acknowledges that Jesus Christ has come in human form comes from God,