Ecc 11:1-2, Luk 12:29-33, Act 2:44-45, 4:34, Rom 15:25-27, 1Cor 13:5, 16:1 | ESV | STEP | Cast your bread upon the waters , for you will find it after many days .

v[See ver. 44 above]

w[2 Cor. 8:14, 15]

x ch. 2:45

y Acts 19:21; 20:22; 21:15; 24:17; [ver. 31]

z 1 Cor. 16:1-4; 2 Cor. 8:1; 9:2, 13

aa 1 Cor. 9:11; [Gal. 6:6]

abSee ch. 10:24

ac[Rom. 4:6; 2 Cor. 5:19]

afSee Acts 24:17

Ecclesiastes 11:1-2

Cast Your Bread upon the Waters

1 ^aCast your bread upon the waters,
^bfor you will find it after many days.
2 ^cGive a portion to ^dseven, or even to eight,
^efor you know not what disaster may happen on earth.

Luke 12:29-33

29 And do not seek what you are to eat and what you are to drink, nor ^fbe worried. 30 For ^gall the nations of the world seek after these things, and ^hyour Father knows that you need them. 31 Instead, ⁱseek ^jhis ^{▼▼Some manuscripts God’s} kingdom, ^land these things will be added to you.

32 ^m“Fear not, little ⁿflock, for ^oit is your Father’s good pleasure to give you ^pthe kingdom. 33 ^qSell your possessions, and ^rgive to the needy. ^sProvide yourselves with moneybags that do not grow old, with ^ta treasure in the heavens that does not fail, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys.

Acts 2:44-45

44 And all who believed were together and ^uhad all things in common. 45 And ^vthey were selling their possessions and belongings and distributing the proceeds to all, as any had need.

Acts 4:34

34 ^wThere was not a needy person among them, for ^xas many as were owners of lands or houses sold them and brought the proceeds of what was sold

Romans 15:25-27

25 At present, however, ^yI am going to Jerusalem bringing aid to the saints. 26 For ^zMacedonia and Achaia have been pleased to make some contribution for the poor among the saints at Jerusalem. 27 For they were pleased to do it, and indeed ^aathey owe it to them. For if the Gentiles have come to share in their spiritual blessings, they ought also to be of service to them in material blessings.

1 Corinthians 13:5

5 or rude. It ^abdoes not insist on its own way; it ^acis not irritable or resentful; ^{▼▼Greek irritable and does not count up wrongdoing}

1 Corinthians 16:1

The Collection for the Saints

1 Now concerning ^{▼▼The expression Now concerning introduces a reply to a question in the Corinthians’ letter; see 7:1; also verse 12} ^afthe collection for the saints: as I directed the churches of Galatia, so you also are to do.