25 Bible Verses about Support

from the first day to the present time. being persuaded that

you may know how to conduct yourself in the house of God, that is, in the church of the true God.

Joanna the wife of Chuza Herod's high-steward: Susanna, and several others, who assisted him with their fortunes.

but your doctrine is this, if any one shall tell his father or his mother, that what he could bestow for their relief, is corban, that is, to be given to the temple;

he that takes no care of his relations, especially those of his own family, has renounc'd the faith and is worse than an infidel.

At my first defence, I had no assistance, for every body deserted me. I wish it may never be laid to their charge.

wherefore comfort and edify one another, as you have hitherto done.

my constant example has shown you that the disabled should be assisted by your labours, remembring the words of the Lord Jesus, who said, "it is a greater happiness to give than to receive."

don't triumph over the branches: or if you do, remember the root is not dependent upon you, but you upon the root.

but may the all-gracious God, who has called us to eternal glory, perfect, confirm, fortify, and settle you, during the short interval of your sufferings.

show regard to widows that are really such.

I add, we that are better inform'd ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not study our own pleasure.

and we exhort you, brethren, reprove the disorderly, comfort the pusillanimous, support the weak, and be patient toward all men.

for they set out upon account of the gospel, and refus'd to take any thing of the Gentiles.

but by the divine favour I am still preserv'd alive, testifying to the small and to the great nothing but what Moses and the prophets have predicted should happen: "that Christ should suffer:

even so has the Lord ordained, that they who preach the gospel, should live by the gospel.

but your doctrine is this, if any man declares to his father or mother, that whatever he has to give for their relief is dedicated to the temple; he is not oblig'd to regard his father or his mother.

Let him that is instructed in the word freely communicate his good things to him that teaches him.

not adhering to the head, from which all the parts of the body derive its nutrition, and being firmly united together by its joints and ligaments, receives a divine increase.

for you remember, my brethren, our labour and toil: how we worked day and night, that in preaching the gospel of God, we might not be chargeable to any of you.

or indeed that we may have mutual consolation from the faith which is in common to you and to me.

being assisted by your prayers for me, so that thanks may be returned by many, for the gracious deliverance procur'd me by their prayers.

This is the third time I purposed to come to you; but I will not be burdensome to you; for I seek not yours, but you: since it is not expected children should lay up for their parents, but parents for their children: on the contrary,