Acts 11:29

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So the disciples, each in accordance with his financial ability, decided to send relief to the brothers living in Judea.

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  • Ezra 2:69 : 69 As they were able, they gave to the treasury for this work 61,000 drachmas of gold, 5,000 minas of silver, and 100 priestly robes.
  • Neh 5:8 : 8 I said to them,“To the extent possible we have bought back our fellow Jews who had been sold to the Gentiles. But now you yourselves want to sell your own countrymen, so that we can then buy them back!” They were utterly silent, and could find nothing to say.
  • Eccl 11:1-2 : 1 Ignorance of the Future Demands Diligence in the Present Send your grain overseas, for after many days you will get a return. 2 Divide your merchandise among seven or even eight investments, for you do not know what calamity may happen on earth.
  • Luke 12:29-33 : 29 So do not be overly concerned about what you will eat and what you will drink, and do not worry about such things. 30 For all the nations of the world pursue these things, and your Father knows that you need them. 31 Instead, pursue his kingdom, and these things will be given to you as well. 32 “Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father is well pleased to give you the kingdom. 33 Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide yourselves purses that do not wear out– a treasure in heaven that never decreases, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys.
  • Acts 2:44-45 : 44 All who believed were together and held everything in common, 45 and they began selling their property and possessions and distributing the proceeds to everyone, as anyone had need.
  • Acts 4:34 : 34 For there was no one needy among them, because those who were owners of land or houses were selling them and bringing the proceeds from the sales
  • Acts 11:1 : 1 Peter Defends His Actions to the Jerusalem Church Now the apostles and the brothers who were throughout Judea heard that the Gentiles too had accepted the word of God.
  • Acts 11:26 : 26 and when he found him, he brought him to Antioch. So for a whole year Barnabas and Saul met with the church and taught a significant number of people. Now it was in Antioch that the disciples were first called Christians.
  • Rom 15:25-27 : 25 But now I go to Jerusalem to minister to the saints. 26 For Macedonia and Achaia are pleased to make some contribution for the poor among the saints in Jerusalem. 27 For they were pleased to do this, and indeed they are indebted to the Jerusalem saints. For if the Gentiles have shared in their spiritual things, they are obligated also to minister to them in material things.
  • 1 Cor 13:5 : 5 It is not rude, it is not self-serving, it is not easily angered or resentful.
  • 1 Cor 16:1-2 : 1 A Collection to Aid Jewish Christians With regard to the collection for the saints, please follow the directions that I gave to the churches of Galatia: 2 On the first day of the week, each of you should set aside some income and save it to the extent that God has blessed you, so that a collection will not have to be made when I come.
  • 2 Cor 8:2-4 : 2 that during a severe ordeal of suffering, their abundant joy and their extreme poverty have overflowed in the wealth of their generosity. 3 For I testify, they gave according to their means and beyond their means. They did so voluntarily, 4 begging us with great earnestness for the blessing and fellowship of helping the saints.
  • 2 Cor 8:12-14 : 12 For if the eagerness is present, the gift itself is acceptable according to whatever one has, not according to what he does not have. 13 For I do not say this so there would be relief for others and suffering for you, but as a matter of equality. 14 At the present time, your abundance will meet their need, so that one day their abundance may also meet your need, and thus there may be equality,
  • 2 Cor 9:1-2 : 1 Preparing the Gift For it is not necessary for me to write you about this service to the saints, 2 because I know your eagerness to help. I keep boasting to the Macedonians about this eagerness of yours, that Achaia has been ready to give since last year, and your zeal to participate has stirred up most of them.
  • Gal 2:10 : 10 They requested only that we remember the poor, the very thing I also was eager to do.
  • Heb 13:5-6 : 5 Your conduct must be free from the love of money and you must be content with what you have, for he has said,“I will never leave you and I will never abandon you.” 6 So we can say with confidence,“The Lord is my helper, and I will not be afraid. What can people do to me?”
  • 1 Pet 4:9-9 : 9 Show hospitality to one another without complaining. 10 Just as each one has received a gift, use it to serve one another as good stewards of the varied grace of God. 11 Whoever speaks, let it be with God’s words. Whoever serves, do so with the strength that God supplies, so that in everything God will be glorified through Jesus Christ. To him belong the glory and the power forever and ever. Amen.

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    30They did so, sending their financial aid to the elders by Barnabas and Saul.

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    34For there was no one needy among them, because those who were owners of land or houses were selling them and bringing the proceeds from the sales

    35and placing them at the apostles’ feet. The proceeds were distributed to each, as anyone had need.

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    26For Macedonia and Achaia are pleased to make some contribution for the poor among the saints in Jerusalem.

    27For they were pleased to do this, and indeed they are indebted to the Jerusalem saints. For if the Gentiles have shared in their spiritual things, they are obligated also to minister to them in material things.

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    5Therefore I thought it necessary to urge these brothers to go to you in advance and to arrange ahead of time the generous contribution you had promised, so this may be ready as a generous gift and not as something you feel forced to do.

    6My point is this: The person who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the person who sows generously will also reap generously.

    7Each one of you should give just as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, because God loves a cheerful giver.

    8And God is able to make all grace overflow to you so that because you have enough of everything in every way at all times, you will overflow in every good work.

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    12For if the eagerness is present, the gift itself is acceptable according to whatever one has, not according to what he does not have.

    13For I do not say this so there would be relief for others and suffering for you, but as a matter of equality.

    14At the present time, your abundance will meet their need, so that one day their abundance may also meet your need, and thus there may be equality,

    15as it is written:“The one who gathered much did not have too much, and the one who gathered little did not have too little.”

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    2On the first day of the week, each of you should set aside some income and save it to the extent that God has blessed you, so that a collection will not have to be made when I come.

    3Then, when I arrive, I will send those whom you approve with letters of explanation to carry your gift to Jerusalem.

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    45and they began selling their property and possessions and distributing the proceeds to everyone, as anyone had need.

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    23When he came and saw the grace of God, he rejoiced and encouraged them all to remain true to the Lord with devoted hearts,

  • 2 Cor 8:2-4
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    2that during a severe ordeal of suffering, their abundant joy and their extreme poverty have overflowed in the wealth of their generosity.

    3For I testify, they gave according to their means and beyond their means. They did so voluntarily,

    4begging us with great earnestness for the blessing and fellowship of helping the saints.

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    37sold a field that belonged to him and brought the money and placed it at the apostles’ feet.

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    19In addition, this brother has also been chosen by the churches as our traveling companion as we administer this generous gift to the glory of the Lord himself and to show our readiness to help.

    20We did this as a precaution so that no one should blame us in regard to this generous gift we are administering.

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