and if you offer yourself to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted one, then your light will shine in the darkness, and your night will be like noonday.
James 2:15 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised If a brother or sister is without clothes and lacks daily food Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, Amplified Bible - Classic Edition If a brother or sister is poorly clad and lacks food for each day, American Standard Version (1901) If a brother or sister be naked and in lack of daily food, Common English Bible Imagine a brother or sister who is naked and never has enough food to eat. Catholic Public Domain Version So if a brother or sister is naked and daily in need of food, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And if a brother or sister be naked, and want daily food: |
and if you offer yourself to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted one, then your light will shine in the darkness, and your night will be like noonday.
Is it not to share your bread with the hungry, to bring the poor and homeless into your house, to clothe the naked when you see him, and not to ignore your own flesh and blood? ,
He doesn’t oppress anyone but returns his collateral to the debtor. He does not commit robbery, but gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing.
You always have the poor with you, and you can do what is good for them whenever you want, but you do not always have me.
He replied to them, ‘The one who has two shirts must share with someone who has none, and the one who has food must do the same.’
He conversed and debated with the Hellenistic Jews, but they tried to kill him.
They were stoned, , they were sawn in two, they died by the sword, they wandered about in sheepskins, in goatskins, destitute, afflicted, and mistreated.
Listen, my dear brothers and sisters: Didn’t God choose the poor in this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom that he has promised to those who love him?
If anyone has this world’s goods and sees a fellow believer in need but withholds compassion from him #– #how does God’s love reside in him?