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Philippians 4:17

New International Version

Not that I desire your gifts; what I desire is that more be credited to your account.

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Whoever is kind to the poor lends to the Lord, and he will reward them for what they have done.

What misery is mine! I am like one who gathers summer fruit at the gleaning of the vineyard; there is no cluster of grapes to eat, none of the early figs that I crave.

“Oh, that one of you would shut the temple doors, so that you would not light useless fires on my altar! I am not pleased with you,” says the Lord Almighty, “and I will accept no offering from your hands.

You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you so that you might go and bear fruit—fruit that will last—and so that whatever you ask in my name the Father will give you.

This is to my Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples.

So after I have completed this task and have made sure that they have received this contribution, I will go to Spain and visit you on the way.

I repeat: Let no one take me for a fool. But if you do, then tolerate me just as you would a fool, so that I may do a little boasting.

So I thought it necessary to urge the brothers to visit you in advance and finish the arrangements for the generous gift you had promised. Then it will be ready as a generous gift, not as one grudgingly given.

filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ—to the glory and praise of God.

I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances.

You know we never used flattery, nor did we put on a mask to cover up greed—God is our witness.

not given to drunkenness, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money.

For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.

Since an overseer manages God’s household, he must be blameless—not overbearing, not quick-tempered, not given to drunkenness, not violent, not pursuing dishonest gain.

Our people must learn to devote themselves to doing what is good, in order to provide for urgent needs and not live unproductive lives.

God is not unjust; he will not forget your work and the love you have shown him as you have helped his people and continue to help them.

Be shepherds of God’s flock that is under your care, watching over them—not because you must, but because you are willing, as God wants you to be; not pursuing dishonest gain, but eager to serve;

They have left the straight way and wandered off to follow the way of Balaam son of Bezer, who loved the wages of wickedness.

In their greed these teachers will exploit you with fabricated stories. Their condemnation has long been hanging over them, and their destruction has not been sleeping.

Woe to them! They have taken the way of Cain; they have rushed for profit into Balaam’s error; they have been destroyed in Korah’s rebellion.




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