and if you pour out your soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul, then your light will rise in darkness, and your obscurity will be as the noonday;
James 2:15 - Y'all Version Bible If a brother or sister is without clothing and in need of daily food, Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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 pour out your soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul, then your light will rise in darkness, and your obscurity will be as the noonday;
Isn’t it to distribute your bread to the hungry, and that you bring the poor who are cast out to your house? When you see the naked, that you cover him; and that you not hide yourself from your own flesh?
and has not wronged any, but has restored to the debtor his pledge, has taken nothing by robbery, has given his bread to the hungry, and has covered the naked with a garment;
For y’all will always have the poor among y’all, and whenever y’all want, y’all can do them good. But y’all won’t always have me.
He answered them, “Anyone who has two coats should share with someone who has none, and anyone who has food must do likewise.”
He was speaking and debating with the Greek-speaking Jews, but they tried to kill him.
They were stoned, sawn apart, tempted, and slain by the sword. They went around in sheep skins and in goat skins, being destitute, afflicted, and mistreated
Y’all listen, my beloved siblings. Didn’t God choose those who are poor in this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the empire which ʜᴇ promised to those who love ʜɪᴍ?
If someone has worldly possessions and sees his sibling in need but closes his heart toward them, how does God’s love remain in that person?