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Alms » Commandments and practices concerning
"Take care not to do your good deeds in public, to attract the attention of people; if you do, you will get no reward from your Father in heaven. So whenever you do your deeds of charity, never blow your own horn in public, as the hypocrites are in the habit of doing in the synagogues and on the street corners, to be praised by the people. I solemnly say to you, they already have their reward. But whenever you, a follower of mine, do a deed of charity, never let your own left hand know what your right hand is doing, read more.
so that your deed of charity may be secret, and your Father who sees what is secret will reward you.
so that your deed of 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 and sell everything you have and give the money to the poor, and you will have riches in heaven; then come back here and follow me."
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But dedicate once for all your inner self, and at once you will have everything clean.
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Sell your property and give to charity. Provide for yourselves purses that will never wear out, riches that never fail in heaven, where a thief cannot come near nor a moth destroy,
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If anyone, whoever he may be, keeps on begging you, give to him; if anyone wants to borrow from you, do not turn him away.
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or of one who encourages others, in the field of encouragement; or one who gives his money, with liberality; or one who leads others, with earnestness; or one who does deeds of charity, with cheerfulness.
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So I have thought it necessary to urge these brothers to visit you ahead of me and get your promised love-offering ready beforehand, so as to have it ready as a real love-offering, not as one grasped and grudgingly given. Now this is the way it is: Whoever sows sparingly will reap sparingly too, but whoever sows bountifully will reap bountifully too. Each must give what he has purposed in his heart to give, not sorrowfully or under compulsion, for it is the happy giver that God loves.
Only they wanted us to remember the poor; the very thing that I was eager to do.
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charge them to continue doing good and being rich in good deeds, open-handed and generous hearted,
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And stop neglecting to do good and to be generous, for God is highly pleased with just such sacrifices as these.
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But if anyone has the world's means of supporting life and sees his brother in need and closes his heart against him, how can love to God remain in him?
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Benevolence » The duty of » Paul's exhortation
charge them to continue doing good and being rich in good deeds, open-handed and generous hearted,
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And stop neglecting to do good and to be generous, for God is highly pleased with just such sacrifices as these.
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In everything I showed you that by working hard like this we must help those who are weak, and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that He said, 'It makes one happier to give than to get.'"
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always supplying the needs of God's people, ever practicing hospitality.
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So then whenever we have an opportunity, let us practice doing good to everybody, but especially to the members of the family of faith.
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Dedication » Personal of offerings » Acceptable
And stop neglecting to do good and to be generous, for God is highly pleased with just such sacrifices as these.
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I beg you, therefore, brothers, through these mercies God has shown you, to make a decisive dedication of your bodies as a living sacrifice, devoted and well-pleasing to God, which is your reasonable service.
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and keep on building yourselves up, as living stones, into a spiritual house for a consecrated priesthood, to offer up, through Jesus Christ, spiritual sacrifices that will be acceptable to God.
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I have received your payment in full, and more too. I am amply supplied after getting the things you sent by Epaphroditus; they are like sweet incense, the kind of sacrifice that God accepts and approves.
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divine Favour » The possession of, characterized as pleasing God » Benevolence a means of
And stop neglecting to do good and to be generous, for God is highly pleased with just such sacrifices as these.
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and we obtain from Him whatever we ask for, because we practice obedience to His commands and do what pleases Him.
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God » The possession of, characterized as pleasing God » Benevolence a means of
And stop neglecting to do good and to be generous, for God is highly pleased with just such sacrifices as these.
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and we obtain from Him whatever we ask for, because we practice obedience to His commands and do what pleases Him.
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God » Pleasing of » Benevolence a means of
And stop neglecting to do good and to be generous, for God is highly pleased with just such sacrifices as these.
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and we obtain from Him whatever we ask for, because we practice obedience to His commands and do what pleases Him.
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Liberality » Pleasing to God
And stop neglecting to do good and to be generous, for God is highly pleased with just such sacrifices as these.
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Each must give what he has purposed in his heart to give, not sorrowfully or under compulsion, for it is the happy giver that God loves.
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Offerings » Acceptable
And stop neglecting to do good and to be generous, for God is highly pleased with just such sacrifices as these.
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I beg you, therefore, brothers, through these mercies God has shown you, to make a decisive dedication of your bodies as a living sacrifice, devoted and well-pleasing to God, which is your reasonable service.
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and keep on building yourselves up, as living stones, into a spiritual house for a consecrated priesthood, to offer up, through Jesus Christ, spiritual sacrifices that will be acceptable to God.
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I have received your payment in full, and more too. I am amply supplied after getting the things you sent by Epaphroditus; they are like sweet incense, the kind of sacrifice that God accepts and approves.
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Pleasing God » Benevolence a means of
And stop neglecting to do good and to be generous, for God is highly pleased with just such sacrifices as these.
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and we obtain from Him whatever we ask for, because we practice obedience to His commands and do what pleases Him.
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Pleasure » What is pleasing to the lord
Children, practice obedience to your parents in everything, for this is acceptable in Christians.
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and you will always be thanking the Father who has qualified you to share the lot of His people in the realm of light. It is God who has delivered us out of the dominion of darkness and has transferred us into the kingdom of His dearly loved Son, by whom we possess the ransom from captivity, which means the forgiveness of our sins. read more.
Yes, He is the exact likeness of the unseen God, His first-born Son who existed before any created thing, for it was through Him that everything was created in heaven and on earth, the seen and the unseen, thrones, dominions, principalities, authorities; all things have been created through Him and for Him. So He existed before all things, and through Him all things are held together. Yes, He is the Head of the church as His body. For He is the beginning, the first-born among the dead, so that He alone should stand first in everything. It is so because it was the divine choice that all the divine fullness should dwell in Him,
Yes, He is the exact likeness of the unseen God, His first-born Son who existed before any created thing, for it was through Him that everything was created in heaven and on earth, the seen and the unseen, thrones, dominions, principalities, authorities; all things have been created through Him and for Him. So He existed before all things, and through Him all things are held together. Yes, He is the Head of the church as His body. For He is the beginning, the first-born among the dead, so that He alone should stand first in everything. It is so because it was the divine choice that all the divine fullness should dwell in Him,
So Jesus, too, in order to purify the people by His own blood, suffered outside the gate. Let us, therefore, go to Him outside the camp, enduring the reproach that He endured; for we have no permanent city here, but we are searching for that city which is to be ours. read more.
So then, through Christ, let us always offer God the sacrifice of praise; that is, the speech of lips that glorify the name of God. And stop neglecting to do good and to be generous, for God is highly pleased with just such sacrifices as these.
So then, through Christ, let us always offer God the sacrifice of praise; that is, the speech of lips that glorify the name of God. And stop neglecting to do good and to be generous, for God is highly pleased with just such sacrifices as these.
The poor » They who in faith believe » Have the favor of God
And stop neglecting to do good and to be generous, for God is highly pleased with just such sacrifices as these.
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Sacrifice » Whose sacrifice shall be accepted by the lord
So Jesus, too, in order to purify the people by His own blood, suffered outside the gate. Let us, therefore, go to Him outside the camp, enduring the reproach that He endured; for we have no permanent city here, but we are searching for that city which is to be ours. read more.
So then, through Christ, let us always offer God the sacrifice of praise; that is, the speech of lips that glorify the name of God. And stop neglecting to do good and to be generous, for God is highly pleased with just such sacrifices as these.
So then, through Christ, let us always offer God the sacrifice of praise; that is, the speech of lips that glorify the name of God. And stop neglecting to do good and to be generous, for God is highly pleased with just such sacrifices as these.
Sacrifices » Illustrative of » Benevolence
And stop neglecting to do good and to be generous, for God is highly pleased with just such sacrifices as these.
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I have received your payment in full, and more too. I am amply supplied after getting the things you sent by Epaphroditus; they are like sweet incense, the kind of sacrifice that God accepts and approves.
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Social duties » Benevolence, the duty of » Paul's exhortation
charge them to continue doing good and being rich in good deeds, open-handed and generous hearted,
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And stop neglecting to do good and to be generous, for God is highly pleased with just such sacrifices as these.
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In everything I showed you that by working hard like this we must help those who are weak, and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that He said, 'It makes one happier to give than to get.'"
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always supplying the needs of God's people, ever practicing hospitality.
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So then whenever we have an opportunity, let us practice doing good to everybody, but especially to the members of the family of faith.
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