(communication, giving, liberality, distribution, alms)
Philippians 4:10-19 (15) “Now ye Philippians know also, that in the beginning of the gospel, when I departed from Macedonia, no church communicated with me as concerning giving and receiving, but ye only.”
1st Timothy 6:17-19 “ Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be . . . willing to communicate. . . .”
Galatians 6:1-10 “Let him that is taught in the word communicate unto him that teacheth in all good things.”
(Hebrews 13:16-17 “But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased. Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.”)
Matthew 5:42 “Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.”
Romans 12:10-13 “Distributing to the necessity of saints. . . .”
Matthew 19:16-30 (21) “Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me.”
25:34-40 “And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.”
Luke 3:1-11 “He that hath two coats, let him impart to him that hath none; and he that hath meat, let him do likewise.”
Acts 11:28-30 “Then the disciples, every man according to his ability, determined to send relief unto the brethren. . . .”
(2:44-45 “And all that believed were together, and had all things common; and sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, as every man had need.”) [The Jesuits ghost wrote Karl Marx’s works.]
20:35 “. . . It is more blessed to give than to receive.”
2nd Corinthians 8 & 9 (9:7) “Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.”
1st John 3:16-18 “But whoso hath this world’s good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?”
Romans 15:26-27 “For if the Gentiles have been made partakers of their spiritual things, their duty is also to minister unto them in carnal things.”
Ephesians 4:28 “Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.”
James 2:14-17 “If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, and one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit?”
Proverbs 19:17 “He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.”
HOW
Matthew 6:1-4 “Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them. . . .”
Luke 6:38 “Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.”
Romans 12:6-8 “. . . he that giveth, let him do it with simplicity. . . .”
1st Corinthians 16:1-3 “Now concerning the collection for the saints . . . let every one of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him, that there be no gatherings when I come.”
Miscellaneous
Luke 12:33 (see v.34)
1st Timothy 5:16-21
1st Corinthians 9:1-18