“For ye had compassion of me in my bonds, and took joyfully the spoiling of your goods, knowing in yourselves that ye have in heaven a better and an enduring substance.”
For you had compassion on those imprisoned and you joyfully accepted the plundering of your property, knowing that you yourselves had a better and lasting possession — the readers showed practical love (splanchnizomai, bowels of compassion) to imprisoned believers; they accepted material loss (diarpazo) with joy (chara) because they recognized possession (hyparchis, estate) in a better realm. This earth-transcending perspective enabled radical generosity.
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