1 Corinthians 16:1

Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the Lord’s work, because you know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

Don’t love the world or the things that are in the world. If anyone loves the world, the Father’s love isn’t in him.

Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.

Whoever gives one of these little ones just a cup of cold water to drink in the name of a disciple, most certainly I tell you he will in no way lose his reward.”

Cast your bread on the waters; for you shall find it after many days.

If a man says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who doesn’t love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen?

But now, I say, I am going to Jerusalem, serving the saints.

Therefore we have been comforted. In our comfort we rejoiced the more exceedingly for the joy of Titus, because his spirit has been refreshed by you all.

The overseer therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sensible, modest, hospitable, good at teaching;

Don’t forget to show hospitality to strangers, for in doing so, some have entertained angels without knowing it.

Please let’s make a little room on the roof. Let’s set a bed, a table, a chair, and a lamp stand for him there. When he comes to us, he can stay there.”

He who oppresses the poor shows contempt for his Maker, but he who is kind to the needy honors him.

He who has pity on the poor lends to Yahweh; he will reward him.

Yahweh says: “Refrain your voice from weeping, and your eyes from tears; for your work will be rewarded,” says Yahweh. “They will come again from the land of the enemy.

“Be careful that you don’t do your charitable giving before men, to be seen by them, or else you have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.

But he said to them, “Not all men can receive this saying, but those to whom it is given.

for I was hungry, and you gave me food to eat. I was thirsty, and you gave me drink. I was a stranger, and you took me in.

Phrygia, Pamphylia, Egypt, the parts of Libya around Cyrene, visitors from Rome, both Jews and proselytes,

Barnabas and Saul returned to Jerusalem when they had fulfilled their service, also taking with them John who was called Mark.

strengthening the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that through many afflictions we must enter into God’s Kingdom.

When they had appointed elders for them in every assembly, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they had believed.

He came to Derbe and Lystra: and behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timothy, the son of a Jewess who believed; but his father was a Greek.

Now I praise you, brothers, that you remember me in all things, and hold firm the traditions, even as I delivered them to you.

Now if Timothy comes, see that he is with you without fear, for he does the work of the Lord, as I also do.

Besides those things that are outside, there is that which presses on me daily: anxiety for all the assemblies.

For this cause I also, having heard of the faith in the Lord Jesus which is among you, and the love which you have toward all the saints,

But you know the proof of him, that as a child serves a father, so he served with me in furtherance of the Good News.

Greet every saint in Christ Jesus. The brothers who are with me greet you.

having heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love which you have toward all the saints,

remembering without ceasing your work of faith and labor of love and perseverance of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father.

to Timothy, my true child in faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God our Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

(the Lord grant to him to find the Lord’s mercy in that day); and in how many things he served at Ephesus, you know very well.

But don’t forget to be doing good and sharing, for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.

Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the chosen ones who are living as foreigners in the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,

Blessed is he who considers the poor. Yahweh will deliver him in the day of evil.

“The King will answer them, ‘Most certainly I tell you, because you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.’

Parthians, Medes, Elamites, and people from Mesopotamia, Judea, Cappadocia, Pontus, Asia,

He, fastening his eyes on him, and being frightened, said, “What is it, Lord?” He said to him, “Your prayers and your gifts to the needy have gone up for a memorial before God.

When they had come to Jerusalem, they were received by the assembly and the apostles and the elders, and they reported everything that God had done with them.

The apostles and the elders were gathered together to see about this matter.

Judas and Silas, also being prophets themselves, encouraged the brothers with many words and strengthened them.

He went through Syria and Cilicia, strengthening the assemblies.

As they went on their way through the cities, they delivered the decrees to them to keep which had been ordained by the apostles and elders who were at Jerusalem.

From Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called to himself the elders of the assembly.

Now after some years, I came to bring gifts for the needy to my nation, and offerings;

contributing to the needs of the saints; given to hospitality.

Because of this I have sent Timothy to you, who is my beloved and faithful child in the Lord, who will remind you of my ways which are in Christ, even as I teach everywhere in every assembly.

But if anyone is hungry, let him eat at home, lest your coming together be for judgment. The rest I will set in order whenever I come.

for God is not a God of confusion, but of peace, as in all the assemblies of the saints.

For they refreshed my spirit and yours. Therefore acknowledge those who are like that.

It is indeed unnecessary for me to write to you concerning the service to the saints,

For this service of giving that you perform not only makes up for lack among the saints, but abounds also through much giving of thanks to God,

They only asked us to remember the poor—which very thing I was also zealous to do.

Foolish Galatians, who has bewitched you not to obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was openly portrayed among you as crucified?

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, to the saints who are at Ephesus, and the faithful in Christ Jesus:

Let the elders who rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in the word and in teaching.

that they do good, that they be rich in good works, that they be ready to distribute, willing to share;

to Timothy, my beloved child: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

for Demas left me, having loved this present world, and went to Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia; and Titus to Dalmatia.

I left you in Crete for this reason, that you would set in order the things that were lacking and appoint elders in every city, as I directed you,

Yes, brother, let me have joy from you in the Lord. Refresh my heart in the Lord.

Is any among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the assembly, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord,

Be hospitable to one another without grumbling.

But whoever has the world’s goods and sees his brother in need, then closes his heart of compassion against him, how does God’s love remain in him?

Take them and purify yourself with them, and pay their expenses for them, that they may shave their heads. Then all will know that there is no truth in the things that they have been informed about you, but that you yourself also walk keeping the law.

For you, brothers, became imitators of the assemblies of God which are in Judea in Christ Jesus; for you also suffered the same things from your own countrymen, even as they did from the Jews

We exhort you, brothers: Admonish the disorderly; encourage the faint-hearted; support the weak; be patient toward all.

hearing of your love and of the faith which you have toward the Lord Jesus, and toward all the saints,

For we have much joy and comfort in your love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you, brother.

For God is not unrighteous, so as to forget your work and the labor of love which you showed toward his name, in that you served the saints, and still do serve them.

Therefore I exhort the elders among you, as a fellow elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and who will also share in the glory that will be revealed.

which they also did, sending it to the elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul.

When they had gone through the region of Phrygia and Galatia, they were forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia.

Having spent some time there, he departed, and went through the region of Galatia, and Phrygia, in order, establishing all the disciples.

who risked their own necks for my life, to whom not only I give thanks, but also all the assemblies of the Gentiles.

Dare any of you, having a matter against his neighbor, go to law before the unrighteous, and not before the saints?

Only, as the Lord has distributed to each man, as God has called each, so let him walk. So I command in all the assemblies.

But if any man seems to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither do God’s assemblies.

begging us with much entreaty to receive this grace and the fellowship in the service to the saints.

and all the brothers who are with me, to the assemblies of Galatia: