Giving Gifts

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

every good giving, and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the lights, with whom is no variation, or shadow of turning;

and of doing good, and of fellowship, be not forgetful, for with such sacrifices God is well-pleased.

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.'

`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 →

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.

`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.'

Bring in all the tithe unto the treasure-house, And there is food in My house; When ye have tried Me, now, with this, Said Jehovah of Hosts, Do not I open to you the windows of heaven? Yea, I have emptied on you a blessing till there is no space.

`But thou, doing kindness, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doth,

if, therefore, ye being evil, have known good gifts to give to your children, how much more shall your Father who <FI>is<Fi> in the heavens give good things to those asking him?

and whoever may have the goods of the world, and may view his brother having need, and may shut up his bowels from him--how doth the love of God remain in him?

The gift of a man maketh room for him, And before the great it leadeth him.

and of the multitude of those who did believe the heart and the soul was one, and not one was saying that anything of the things he had was his own, but all things were to them in common. — read the full passage →

and he answering saith to them, `He having two coats--let him impart to him having none, and he having victuals--in like manner let him do.'

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;

as days on which the Jews have rested from their enemies, and the month that hath been turned to them from sorrow to joy, and from mourning to a good day, to make them days of banquet and of joy, and of sending portions one to another, and gifts to the needy.

or he who is exhorting--`In the exhortation!' he who is sharing--`In simplicity!' he who is leading--`In diligence?' he who is doing kindness--`In cheerfulness.'

for the wages of the sin <FI>is<Fi> death, and the gift of God <FI>is<Fi> life age-during in Christ Jesus our Lord.

for I did hunger, and ye gave me to eat; I did thirst, and ye gave me to drink; I was a stranger, and ye received me;

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;

whoso is stealing let him no more steal, but rather let him labour, working the thing that is good with the hands, that he may have to impart to him having need.

each, according as he received a gift, to one another ministering it, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God;

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

Thus said Jehovah: Let not the wise boast himself in his wisdom, Nor let the mighty boast himself in his might, Let not the rich boast himself in his riches, — read the full passage →

thanks also to God for His unspeakable gift!

and may He who is supplying seed to the sower, and bread for food, supply and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness,

Jesus said to him, `If thou dost will to be perfect, go away, sell what thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven, and come, follow me.'

Clouds and wind, and rain there is none, <FI>Is<Fi> a man boasting himself in a false gift.

to him who is asking of thee be giving, and him who is willing to borrow from thee thou mayest not turn away.

`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 →

There is who is scattering, and yet is increased, And who is keeping back from uprightness, only to want. — read the full passage →

And having gifts, different according to the grace that was given to us; whether prophecy--`According to the proportion of faith!'

and whoever may give to drink to one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say to you, he may not lose his reward.'

each, according as he received a gift, to one another ministering it, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God; — read the full passage →

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

and God <FI>is<Fi> able all grace to cause to abound to you, that in every thing always all sufficiency having, ye may abound to every good work,

Whoso is giving to the poor hath no lack, And whoso is hiding his eyes multiplied curses.

each according to the gift of his hand, according to the blessing of Jehovah thy God, which He hath given to thee.

And there are diversities of gifts, and the same Spirit;

The wicked is borrowing and repayeth not, And the righteous is gracious and giving.

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 →

for unrepented of <FI>are<Fi> the gifts and the calling of God;

`And thou hast remembered Jehovah thy God, for He it <FI>is<Fi> who is giving to thee power to make wealth, in order to establish His covenant which He hath sworn to thy fathers as <FI>at<Fi> this day.

to the necessities of the saints communicating; the hospitality pursuing.

infirm ones be healing, lepers be cleansing, dead be raising, demons be casting out--freely ye did receive, freely give.

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;

He who indeed His own Son did not spare, but for us all did deliver him up, how shall He not also with him the all things grant to us?

Jesus answered and said to her, `If thou hadst known the gift of God, and who it is who is saying to thee, Give me to drink, thou wouldest have asked him, and he would have given thee living water.'

that thy kindness may be in secret, and thy Father who is seeing in secret Himself shall reward thee manifestly.

All the day desiring he hath desired, And the righteous giveth and withholdeth not.

A liberal soul is made fat, And whoso is watering, he also is watered.

Those rich in the present age charge thou not to be high-minded, nor to hope in the uncertainty of riches, but in the living God, who is giving to us all things richly for enjoyment; --

and He gave some <FI>as<Fi> apostles, and some <FI>as<Fi> prophets, and some <FI>as<Fi> proclaimers of good news, and some <FI>as<Fi> shepherds and teachers,

And let him who is instructed in the word share with him who is instructing--in all good things.

And to each hath been given the manifestation of the Spirit for profit;

`And to every one who is asking of thee, be giving; and from him who is taking away thy goods, be not asking again;

Honour Jehovah from thy substance, And from the beginning of all thine increase;

`And all the wise-hearted among you come in, and make all that Jehovah hath commanded:

And there are diversities of gifts, and the same Spirit; — read the full passage →

for God is not unrighteous to forget your work, and the labour of the love, that ye shewed to His name, having ministered to the saints and ministering;

for a root of all the evils is the love of money, which certain longing for did go astray from the faith, and themselves did pierce through with many sorrows;

but even as in every thing ye do abound, in faith, and word, and knowledge, and all diligence, and in your love to us, that also in this grace ye may abound;

The good of eye--he is blessed, For he hath given of his bread to the poor.

Withhold not good from its owners, When thy hand <FI>is<Fi> toward God to do <FI>it<Fi> .

religion pure and undefiled with the God and Father is this, to look after orphans and widows in their tribulation--unspotted to keep himself from the world.

For which cause I remind thee to stir up the gift of God that is in thee through the putting on of my hands,

be not careless of the gift in thee, that was given thee through prophecy, with laying on of the hands of the eldership;

And this: He who is sowing sparingly, sparingly also shall reap; and he who is sowing in blessings, in blessings also shall reap;

and if I have prophecy, and know all the secrets, and all the knowledge, and if I have all the faith, so as to remove mountains, and have not love, I am nothing;

If, then, ye, being evil, have known good gifts to be giving to your children, how much more shall the Father who is from heaven give the Holy Spirit to those asking Him!'

Those rich in the present age charge thou not to be high-minded, nor to hope in the uncertainty of riches, but in the living God, who is giving to us all things richly for enjoyment; -- — read the full passage →

for by grace ye are having been saved, through faith, and this not of you--of God the gift,

for I did hunger, and ye gave me to eat; I did thirst, and ye gave me to drink; I was a stranger, and ye received me; — read the full passage →

A Psalm of David. Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> my shepherd, I do not lack, — read the full passage →

and God <FI>is<Fi> able all grace to cause to abound to you, that in every thing always all sufficiency having, ye may abound to every good work, — read the full passage →

because in much trial of tribulation the abundance of their joy, and their deep poverty, did abound to the riches of their liberality; — read the full passage →

And some, indeed, did God set in the assembly, first apostles, secondly prophets, thirdly teachers, afterwards powers, afterwards gifts of healings, helpings, governings, divers kinds of tongues;

`And the king answering, shall say to them, Verily I say to you, Inasmuch as ye did <FI>it<Fi> to one of these my brethren--the least--to me ye did <FI>it<Fi> .

and having come to the house, they found the child with Mary his mother, and having fallen down they bowed to him, and having opened their treasures, they presented to him gifts, gold, and frankincense, and myrrh,

and if a brother or sister may be naked, and may be destitute of the daily food, — read the full passage →

through the proof of this ministration glorifying God for the subjection of your confession to the good news of the Christ, and <FI>for<Fi> the liberality of the fellowship to them and to all,

because the ministration of this service not only is supplying the wants of the saints, but is also abounding through many thanksgivings to God,

and not according as we expected, but themselves they did give first to the Lord, and to us, through the will of God,

so also ye, since ye are earnestly desirous of spiritual gifts, for the building up of the assembly seek that ye may abound;

and all these doth work the one and the same Spirit, dividing to each severally as he intendeth.

And having gifts, different according to the grace that was given to us; whether prophecy--`According to the proportion of faith!' — 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.

thou dost certainly give to him, and thy heart is not sad in thy giving to him, for because of this thing doth Jehovah thy God bless thee in all thy works, and in every putting forth of thy hand;

but exhort ye one another every day, while the To-day is called, that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of the sin,

in the diligence not slothful; in the spirit fervent; the Lord serving;

`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.

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, — read the full passage →

and if any one for his own--and especially for those of the household--doth not provide, the faith he hath denied, and than an unbeliever he is worse.

and ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular.

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

and all, whatever ye may do--out of soul work--as to the Lord, and not to men, — read the full passage →

because in much trial of tribulation the abundance of their joy, and their deep poverty, did abound to the riches of their liberality;

`But thou, doing kindness, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doth, — read the full passage →

God also bearing joint-witness both with signs and wonders, and manifold powers, and distributions of the Holy Spirit, according to His will.

And we make known to you, brethren, the grace of God, that hath been given in the assemblies of Macedonia, — read the full passage →