25 Bible Verses about Support

I thank my God, I say, for your cooperation in spreading the Good News, from the time it first came to you even until now.

But, for fear I may be hindered, I now write, so that you may have rules to guide you in dealing with God's household. For this is what the Church of the ever-living God is, and it is the pillar and foundation-stone of the truth.

and Joanna the wife of Chuza, Herod's steward, and Susanna, and many other women, all of whom contributed to the support of Jesus and His Apostles.

But *you* say, 'If a man says to his father or mother, It is a Korban (that is, a thing devoted to God)

But if a man makes no provision for those dependent on him, and especially for his own family, he has disowned the faith and is behaving worse than an unbeliever.

At my first defence I had no one at my side, but all deserted me. May it not be laid to their charge.

Therefore encourage one another, and let each one help to strengthen his friend, as in fact you do.

In all things I have set you an example, showing you that, by working as I do, you ought to help the weak, and to bear in mind the words of the Lord Jesus, how He Himself said, "'It is more blessed to give than to receive.'"

beware of glorying over the natural branches. Or if you are so glorying, do not forget that it is not you who uphold the root: the root upholds you.

And God, the giver of all grace, who has called you to share His eternal glory, through Christ, after you have suffered for a short time, will Himself make you perfect, firm, and strong.

Honour widows who are really in need.

As for us who are strong, our duty is to bear with the weaknesses of those who are not strong, and not seek our own pleasure.

And we exhort you, brethren, admonish the unruly, comfort the timid, sustain the weak, and be patient towards all.

For it is for Christ that they have gone forth, accepting nothing from the Gentiles.

Having, however, obtained the help which is from God, I have stood firm until now, and have solemnly exhorted rich and poor alike, saying nothing except what the Prophets and Moses predicted as soon to happen,

In the same way the Lord also directed those who proclaim the Good News to maintain themselves by the Good News.

but you--this is what you say: 'If a man says to his father or mother, That is consecrated, whatever it is, which otherwise you should have received from me--

But let those who receive instruction in Christian truth share with their instructors all temporal blessings.

Such a one does not keep his hold upon Christ, the Head, from whom the Body, in all its parts nourished and strengthened by its points of contact and its connections, grows with a divine growth.

For you remember, brethren, our labour and toil: how, working night and day so as not to become a burden to any one of you, we came and proclaimed among you God's Good News.

in other words that while I am among you we may be mutually encouraged by one another's faith, yours and mine.

while you on your part lend us your aid in entreaty for us, so that from many lips thanksgivings may rise on our behalf for the boon granted to us at the intercession of many.

See, I am now for the third time prepared to visit you, but I will not be a dead weight to you. I desire not your money, but yourselves; for children ought not to put by for their parents, but parents for their children.