For this ministry of giving is not only providing for the needs of the saints in Jerusalem but is also abounding through many thanksgivings to God.
as you join in helping us by your prayers. Then many will give thanks on your behalf for the favor granted to us through the prayers of many.
For just as we share abundantly in the sufferings of Christ, so also our comfort abounds through Christ.
urgently begging us for the privilege of contributing to the gift for the saints in Jerusalem.
There is no need for me to write to you about this ministry of giving to the saints in Jerusalem.
But for now I thought it necessary to send back to you Epaphroditus—my brother, fellow worker, and fellow soldier, who is also your messenger and minister to my need.
If anyone has the world's goods and sees his brother in need but closes his heart against him, how does the love of God abide in him?