1 Corinthians 16:1

1Concerning the Collection for the Saints

Now 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 2:10

2 Corinthians 9:1

1Why Giving Is Important

I 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 2:10

2 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 8:14

1 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 3:2

Hebrews 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 13:2

1 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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