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15 articles found for “almsgiving”

• Charitable Relief

  Charitable relief (Korean gujae, 救濟) is the work of helping neighbors who are poor, sick, or affected by disaster through material aid and personal care. In Korean churches it is carried out through relief budgets, relief offerings, and charitable sharing events.

• Matthew 6

  Matthew 6 is the central portion of the Sermon on the Mount. Jesus teaches that almsgiving, prayer, and fasting are not to be done to be seen by others, gives the Lord's Prayer, and urges his hearers to seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness rather than wealth and anxious concerns.

• Hebrews 13:15-16

  A passage that presents the sacrifices believers are to offer after Christ's once-for-all sacrifice as the praise of their lips and as doing good and sharing. It is frequently cited in discussions of praise worship, almsgiving, and offerings.

• Ephesians 4:28

  Ephesians 4:28 urges the person who stole to stop stealing and to work honestly with his own hands so that he will have something to share with those in need. The verse depicts a turn from a life of taking to a life of giving and is frequently cited in discussions of the work ethic and almsgiving.

• Proverbs 11:24–25

  A couplet in Proverbs teaching that those who give generously end up with more, while those who hold on too tightly fall into want. It is often quoted in sermons that encourage almsgiving and offerings, and interpreters differ over whether it promises material reward or offers a general observation drawn from wisdom.

• Tabitha

  Tabitha is a female disciple of Joppa who appears in Acts 9; her Greek name is Dorcas. She was known for her good works and almsgiving, and Scripture records that after she fell ill and died, she was restored to life through Peter's prayer.

• Proverbs 19:17

  A proverb that likens showing kindness to the poor to lending to the LORD. It is frequently cited as a key verse encouraging almsgiving, and discussion centers on how to understand its promise that the LORD will repay.

• Diakonia

  Diakonia is a Greek word meaning "service," "ministry," or "office." In the New Testament it refers collectively to the service of Jesus, almsgiving, the ministry of the word, and church office.

• Proverbs 22:9

  Proverbs 22:9 is a proverb stating that the one with a "good eye" (KJV: "a bountiful eye"), that is, a generous person, is blessed because he shares his bread with the poor. It is frequently cited as a key verse encouraging almsgiving and sharing.

• 1 Timothy 6:17–19

  A passage in which Paul instructs Timothy to teach the rich in the church. It urges them to place their hope in God rather than in wealth and to devote themselves to good works and generous sharing. It is frequently cited in discussions of stewardship, almsgiving, and offerings.

• James 2:15-17

  A passage in which James uses the example of a fellow believer who is poorly clothed and hungry, and who receives only kind words without having his needs met, to declare that "faith, if it hath not works, is dead." It is frequently cited to encourage almsgiving, and its relationship to Paul's teaching on justification by faith has long been debated.

• 1 John 3:17–18

  This passage teaches that if a person who has material possessions ignores a brother in need, the love of God cannot be said to dwell in him, and it urges believers to love not in word but in deed and in truth. It is frequently cited in discussions of the relationship between faith and practice and of almsgiving.

• Matthew 6:9-13

  This passage contains the prayer Jesus taught his disciples, which the church recites together as the Lord's Prayer. Discussion of the passage addresses how its form differs from the version in Luke, the absence of the closing doxology from the oldest manuscripts, and the translation of several of its words.

• Matthew 6:5–8

  Matthew 6:5–8 is a passage in the Sermon on the Mount in which Jesus warns against praying to be seen by others and against supposing that one will be heard for using many words, teaching instead that one should pray to the Father in secret. It is frequently cited in discussions of the motives and manner of prayer.

• Matthew 7

  Matthew 7 is the final chapter of the Sermon on the Mount. It contains the teaching against judging others, the exhortation to ask, seek, and knock in prayer, the Golden Rule, the narrow gate, the warning about false prophets and their fruits, and the parable of the house built on the rock.