Results for “Collection for the Church in Jerusalem”

• All
• Bible 1
• Encyclopedia 222

Articles 222, showing 6

• 2 Corinthians 8:13–15Bible Verses

  A passage in which the apostle Paul, urging the collection for the church in Jerusalem, explains that its purpose is not to burden one party but to bring about "equality" among believers. It is frequently cited in discussions of sharing and relief among churches.

• 2 Corinthians 9:6–8Bible Verses

  In this passage Paul uses the image that one reaps as one sows to urge the church in Corinth, as it prepared its collection for the saints in Jerusalem, to give gladly rather than under compulsion. It is frequently cited in sermons on giving and is also invoked in debates over tithing and the prosperity gospel.

• 2 Corinthians 8:9Bible Verses

  A verse in which Paul, urging a collection for the saints in Jerusalem, says that Christ, though rich, became poor for the sake of believers. It is frequently cited as a text on the incarnation and as a basis for generous giving, and interpreters differ over the meaning of "rich."

• Psalm 127:1Bible Verses

  A declaration that unless the LORD builds the house, the labor of those who build it is in vain. It is one of the verses most often cited at the beginning of a church building project, a new household, or a business venture, and it is read as raising the question of how human effort relates to the sovereignty of God.

• 2 Corinthians 8Bible

  2 Corinthians 8 is the chapter in which Paul holds up the generous giving of the churches of Macedonia as an example, urges the Corinthian church to complete the collection for the saints that it had begun a year earlier, and sends Titus and two brothers to Corinth.

All 222 articles

Verses in the King James Version 1, showing 1

• 1 Corinthians 16:1

  Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I have given order to the churches of Galatia, even so do ye.

All 1 verses in KJV. Searching another translation? Try the World English Bible.