1 Corinthians 16:1
1Concerning the Collection for the SaintsNow concerning the collection for the saints, you should follow the directions I gave to the churches in Galatia.Acts 11:29; 24:17; Rom 15:26; 2Cor 8:4; Gal 2:102 Corinthians 9:1
1Why Giving Is ImportantI do not need to write to you any further about the ministry to the saints.Acts 11:29; Rom 15:26; 1Cor 16:1; 2Cor 8:4; Gal 2:102 Corinthians 9:12
12For this ministry you render is not only fully supplying the needs of the saints, but it is also overflowing with more and more prayers of thanksgiving to God.2Cor 8:141 Timothy 3:2
2Therefore, an elder must be blameless, the husband of one wife, ▼▼Or devoted to his wife; lit. a man of one woman
stable, sensible, respectable, a lover of strangers, and teachable. ▼▼Or able to teach
1Tim 5:9; 2Tim 2:24; Titus 1:6 Titus 1:8
8Instead, he must be a lover of strangers, a lover of goodness, sensible, honest, moral, and self-controlled.1Tim 3:2Hebrews 6:10
10For God is not so unjust as to forget your work and the love you have shown him ▼▼Lit. shown for his name
as you have ministered to the saints and continue to minister to them.Prov 14:31; Matt 10:42; 25:40; John 13:20; Rom 3:4; 15:25; 2Cor 8:4; 1Thes 1:3; 2Thes 1:6-7; 2Tim 1:18 1 Peter 4:9
9Show hospitality to one another without complaining.Rom 12:13; 2Cor 9:7; Phil 2:14; Heb 13:21 John 3:17
17Whoever has earthly possessions and notices a brother in need and yet withholds his compassion from him, how can the love of God remain in him?Deut 15:7; Luke 3:11; 1John 4:20
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