Christian Tithing

`Give, and it shall be given to you; good measure, pressed, and shaken, and running over, they shall give into your bosom; for with that measure with which ye measure, it shall be measured to you again.'

each one, according as he doth purpose in heart, not out of sorrow or out of necessity, for a cheerful giver doth God love,

all things I did shew you, that, thus labouring, it behoveth <FI>us<Fi> to partake with the ailing, to be mindful also of the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.'

Without covetousness the behaviour, being content with the things present, for He hath said, `No, I will not leave, no, nor forsake thee,'

`Woe to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye give tithe of the mint, and the dill, and the cumin, and did neglect the weightier things of the Law--the judgment, and the kindness, and the faith; these it behoved <FI>you<Fi> to do, and those not to neglect.

I call upon you, therefore, brethren, through the compassions of God, to present your bodies a sacrifice--living, sanctified, acceptable to God--your intelligent service;

And Jesus having sat down over-against the treasury, was beholding how the multitude do put brass into the treasury, and many rich were putting in much, — read the full passage →

`None is able to serve two lords, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will hold to the one, and despise the other; ye are not able to serve God and Mammon.

For this Melchisedek, king of Salem, priest of God Most High, who did meet Abraham turning back from the smiting of the kings, and did bless him, — read the full passage →

And he spake also unto certain who have been trusting in themselves that they were righteous, and have been despising the rest, this simile: — read the full passage →

`But woe to you, the Pharisees, because ye tithe the mint, and the rue, and every herb, and ye pass by the judgment, and the love of God; these things it behoveth to do, and those not to be neglecting.

`Take heed your kindness not to do before men, to be seen by them, and if not--reward ye have not from your Father who <FI>is<Fi> in the heavens; — read the full passage →

Have ye not known that those working about the things of the temple--of the temple do eat, and those waiting at the altar--with the altar are partakers? — read the full passage →

and the second <FI>is<Fi> like <FI>it<Fi> , this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself; --greater than these there is no other command.'

for where your treasure is, there will be also your heart.

So then, my brethren beloved, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger, — read the full passage →

And this: He who is sowing sparingly, sparingly also shall reap; and he who is sowing in blessings, in blessings also shall reap; — read the full passage →

render, therefore, to all <FI>their<Fi> dues; to whom tribute, the tribute; to whom custom, the custom; to whom fear, the fear; to whom honour, the honour.

And having looked up, he saw those who did cast their gifts to the treasury--rich men, — read the full passage →

`No domestic is able to serve two lords, for either the one he will hate, and the other he will love; or one he will hold to, and of the other he will be heedless; ye are not able to serve God and mammon.'

sell your goods, and give alms, make to yourselves bags that become not old, a treasure unfailing in the heavens, where thief doth not come near, nor moth destroy;

`Not every one who is saying to me Lord, lord, shall come into the reign of the heavens; but he who is doing the will of my Father who is in the heavens. — read the full passage →

And there was given to me a reed like to a rod, and the messenger stood, saying, `Rise, and measure the sanctuary of God, and the altar, and those worshipping in it; — read the full passage →

For this Melchisedek, king of Salem, priest of God Most High, who did meet Abraham turning back from the smiting of the kings, and did bless him, — read the full passage →

in every thing being enriched to all liberality, which doth work through us thanksgiving to God,

for if the willing mind is present, according to that which any one may have it is well-accepted, not according to that which he hath not;

on every first <FI>day<Fi> of the week, let each one of you lay by him, treasuring up whatever he may have prospered, that when I may come then collections may not be made;

To no one owe anything, except to love one another; for he who is loving the other--law he hath fulfilled, — read the full passage →

that the righteousness of the law may be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.

And now apart from law hath the righteousness of God been manifested, testified to by the law and the prophets, — read the full passage →

`All things, therefore, whatever ye may will that men may be doing to you, so also do to them, for this is the law and the prophets.

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John,

Let brotherly love remain;

And manifest also are the works of the flesh, which are: Adultery, whoredom, uncleanness, lasciviousness, — read the full passage →

And him who is weak in the faith receive ye--not to determinations of reasonings;

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during.

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during. — read the full passage →

because nothing shall be impossible with God.'

even as the Son of Man did not come to be ministered to, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.'

`Treasure not up to yourselves treasures on the earth, where moth and rust disfigure, and where thieves break through and steal, — read the full passage →

Whence <FI>are<Fi> wars and fightings among you? not thence--out of your passions, that are as soldiers in your members?

What <FI>is<Fi> the profit, my brethren, if faith, any one may speak of having, and works he may not have? is that faith able to save him? — read the full passage →

so speak ye and so do, as about by a law of liberty to be judged, — read the full passage →

If, indeed, royal law ye complete, according to the Writing, `Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself,' --ye do well;

My brethren, hold not, in respect of persons, the faith of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ,

If any one doth think to be religious among you, not bridling his tongue, but deceiving his heart, of this one vain <FI>is<Fi> the religion;

Pray for us, for we trust that we have a good conscience, in all things willing to behave well,

through him, then, we may offer up a sacrifice of praise always to God, that is, the fruit of lips, giving thanks to His name; — read the full passage →

Let brotherly love remain; — read the full passage →

Put on, therefore, as choice ones of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humble-mindedness, meekness, long-suffering, — read the full passage →

Lie not one to another, having put off the old man with his practices,

in which also ye--ye did walk once, when ye lived in them; — read the full passage →

Put to death, then, your members that <FI>are<Fi> upon the earth--whoredom, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and the covetousness, which is idolatry--

Put to death, then, your members that <FI>are<Fi> upon the earth--whoredom, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and the covetousness, which is idolatry-- — read the full passage →

If, then, ye were raised with the Christ, the things above seek ye, where the Christ is, on the right hand of God seated,

As to the rest, brethren, as many things as are true, as many as <FI>are<Fi> grave, as many as <FI>are<Fi> righteous, as many as <FI>are<Fi> pure, as many as <FI>are<Fi> lovely, as many as <FI>are<Fi> of good report, if any worthiness, and if any praise, these things think upon; — read the full passage →

for many walk of whom many times I told you--and now also weeping tell--the enemies of the cross of the Christ! — read the full passage →

fulfil ye my joy, that ye may mind the same thing--having the same love--of one soul--minding the one thing, — read the full passage →

for this ye know, that every whoremonger, or unclean, or covetous person, who is an idolater, hath no inheritance in the reign of the Christ and God.

Become, then, followers of God, as children beloved, — read the full passage →

and become one to another kind, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, according as also God in Christ did forgive you.

Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil-speaking, be put away from you, with all malice, — read the full passage →

be angry and do not sin; let not the sun go down upon your wrath,

Be not led astray; God is not mocked; for what a man may sow--that also he shall reap, — read the full passage →

Brethren, if a man also may be overtaken in any trespass, ye who <FI>are<Fi> spiritual restore such a one in a spirit of meekness, considering thyself--lest thou also may be tempted; — read the full passage →