Kindness to the poor is a loan to the Lord, and he will give a reward to the lender. ,
Philippians 4:17 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Not that I seek the gift, but I seek the profit , that is increasing to your account. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Not because I desire a gift: but I desire fruit that may abound to your account. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Not that I seek or am eager for [your] gift, but I do seek and am eager for the fruit which increases to your credit [the harvest of blessing that is accumulating to your account]. American Standard Version (1901) Not that I seek for the gift; but I seek for the fruit that increaseth to your account. Common English Bible I’m not hoping for a gift, but I am hoping for a profit that accumulates in your account. Catholic Public Domain Version It is not that I am seeking a gift. Instead, I seek the fruit that abounds to your benefit. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Not that I seek the gift, but I seek the fruit that may abound to your account. |
Kindness to the poor is a loan to the Lord, and he will give a reward to the lender. ,
How sad for me! For I am like one who – when the summer fruit has been gathered after the gleaning of the grape harvest – finds no grape cluster to eat, no early fig, which I crave.
‘I wish one of you would shut the temple doors, so that you would no longer kindle a useless fire on my altar! I am not pleased with you,’ says the Lord of Armies, ‘and I will accept no offering from your hands.
You did not choose me, but I chose you. I appointed you to go and produce fruit and that your fruit should remain, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he will give you.
My Father is glorified by this: that you produce much fruit and prove to be my disciples.
So when I have finished this and safely delivered the funds to them, , I will visit you on the way to Spain.
I repeat: Let no one consider me a fool. But if you do, at least accept me as a fool so that I can also boast a little.
Therefore I considered it necessary to urge the brothers to go on ahead to you and arrange in advance the generous gift you promised, so that it will be ready as a gift and not as an extortion.
filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ to the glory and praise of God.
I don’t say this out of need, for I have learned to be content in whatever circumstances I find myself.
For we never used flattering speech, as you know, or had greedy motives #– #God is our witness #– #
not an excessive drinker, not a bully but gentle, not quarrelsome, not greedy.
For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, and by craving it, some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.
As an overseer of God’s household, he must be blameless, not arrogant, not hot-tempered, not an excessive drinker, not a bully, not greedy for money,
Let our people learn to devote themselves to good works for pressing needs, so that they will not be unfruitful.
For God is not unjust; he will not forget your work and the love you demonstrated for his name by serving the saints #– #and by continuing to serve them.
Shepherd God’s flock among you, not overseeing out of compulsion but willingly, as God would have you; not out of greed for money but eagerly;
They have gone astray by abandoning the straight path and have followed the path of Balaam, the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of wickedness
They will exploit you in their greed with made-up stories. Their condemnation, pronounced long ago, is not idle, and their destruction does not sleep.
Woe to them! For they have gone the way of Cain, have plunged into Balaam’s error for profit, and have perished in Korah’s rebellion.