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2 Corinthians 8:4

New Living Translation

They begged us again and again for the privilege of sharing in the gift for the believers in Jerusalem.

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And if you give even a cup of cold water to one of the least of my followers, you will surely be rewarded.”

Anyone who does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother!”

“And the King will say, ‘I tell you the truth, when you did it to one of the least of these my brothers and sisters, you were doing it to me!’

You will always have the poor among you, and you can help them whenever you want to. But you will not always have me.

So the believers in Antioch decided to send relief to the brothers and sisters in Judea, everyone giving as much as they could.

She and her household were baptized, and she asked us to be her guests. “If you agree that I am a true believer in the Lord,” she said, “come and stay at my home.” And she urged us until we agreed.

“After several years away, I returned to Jerusalem with money to aid my people and to offer sacrifices to God.

Pray that I will be rescued from those in Judea who refuse to obey God. Pray also that the believers there will be willing to accept the donation I am taking to Jerusalem.

Now regarding your question about the money being collected for God’s people in Jerusalem. You should follow the same procedure I gave to the churches in Galatia.

You know that Stephanas and his household were the first of the harvest of believers in Greece, and they are spending their lives in service to God’s people. I urge you, dear brothers and sisters,

I really don’t need to write to you about this ministry of giving for the believers in Jerusalem.

Their only suggestion was that we keep on helping the poor, which I have always been eager to do.

Therefore, whenever we have the opportunity, we should do good to everyone—especially to those in the family of faith.

She must be well respected by everyone because of the good she has done. Has she brought up her children well? Has she been kind to strangers and served other believers humbly? Has she helped those who are in trouble? Has she always been ready to do good?

For God is not unjust. He will not forget how hard you have worked for him and how you have shown your love to him by caring for other believers, as you still do.




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