2 Corinthians 8:3

being confident of this very thing, that he who began a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ.

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared before that we would walk in them.

Whatever you do, in word or in deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father, through him.

make you complete in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is well pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.

For I say through the grace that was given me, to every man who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think reasonably, as God has apportioned to each person a measure of faith.

not that we are sufficient of ourselves, to account anything as from ourselves; but our sufficiency is from God,

Whether therefore you eat, or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.

who saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus before times eternal,

and he made us to be a Kingdom, priests to his God and Father—to him be the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.

“Speak to the children of Israel, that they take an offering for me. From everyone whose heart makes him willing you shall take my offering.

You, Solomon my son, know the God of your father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind; for Yahweh searches all hearts, and understands all the imaginations of the thoughts. If you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will cast you off forever.

When they opposed him and blasphemed, he shook out his clothing and said to them, “Your blood be on your own heads! I am clean. From now on, I will go to the Gentiles!”

On the first day of the week, when the disciples were gathered together to break bread, Paul talked with them, intending to depart on the next day, and continued his speech until midnight.

They, when they heard it, glorified God. They said to him, “You see, brother, how many thousands there are among the Jews of those who have believed, and they are all zealous for the law.

Let each man give according as he has determined in his heart, not grudgingly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.

I will most gladly spend and be spent for your souls. If I love you more abundantly, am I loved the less?

and what is the exceeding greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to that working of the strength of his might

“Because the leaders took the lead in Israel, because the people offered themselves willingly, be blessed, Yahweh!

Jehoash said to the priests, “All the money of the holy things that is brought into Yahweh’s house, in current money, the money of the people for whom each man is evaluated, and all the money that it comes into any man’s heart to bring into Yahweh’s house,

Know well the state of your flocks, and pay attention to your herds:

John answered, “A man can receive nothing unless it has been given him from heaven.

When he had gone out, Jesus said, “Now the Son of Man has been glorified, and God has been glorified in him.

This is he who was in the assembly in the wilderness with the angel that spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers, who received living revelations to give to us,

Much in every way! Because first of all, they were entrusted with the revelations of God.

There are various kinds of workings, but the same God, who works all things in all.

but to the contrary, when they saw that I had been entrusted with the Good News for the uncircumcised, even as Peter with the Good News for the circumcised—

having predestined us for adoption as children through Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his desire,

making known to us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he purposed in him

for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,

This is a faithful saying: someone who seeks to be an overseer desires a good work.

Servants, in the same way, must be reverent, not double-tongued, not addicted to much wine, not greedy for money,

For the overseer must be blameless, as God’s steward, not self-pleasing, not easily angered, not given to wine, not violent, not greedy for dishonest gain;

You also, as living stones, are built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

To him be the glory and the power forever and ever. Amen.

By this we know love, because he laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.

The rulers brought the onyx stones and the stones to be set for the ephod and for the breastplate;

The children of Israel brought a free will offering to Yahweh; every man and woman whose heart made them willing to bring for all the work, which Yahweh had commanded to be made by Moses.

They received from Moses all the offering which the children of Israel had brought for the work of the service of the sanctuary, with which to make it. They kept bringing free will offerings to him every morning.

“Let your heart therefore be perfect with Yahweh our God, to walk in his statutes, and to keep his commandments, as it is today.”

David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors of the gates, and for the couplings; and bronze in abundance without weight;

and next to him Amasiah the son of Zichri, who willingly offered himself to Yahweh, and with him two hundred thousand mighty men of valor.

Also the hand of God came on Judah to give them one heart, to do the commandment of the king and of the princes by Yahweh’s word.

Then the heads of fathers’ households of Judah and Benjamin, the priests, and the Levites, all whose spirit God had stirred to go up rose up to build Yahweh’s house which is in Jerusalem.

“Behold, God does all these things, twice, yes three times, with a man,

Worship Yahweh in holy array. Tremble before him, all the earth.

I have gone astray like a lost sheep. Seek your servant, for I don’t forget your commandments.

The plans of the heart belong to man, but the answer of the tongue is from Yahweh.

Her leaders judge for bribes, and her priests teach for a price, and her prophets of it tell fortunes for money: yet they lean on Yahweh, and say, “Isn’t Yahweh among us? No disaster will come on us.”

Even so, let your light shine before men; that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

came to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. He set him on his own animal, brought him to an inn, and took care of him.

Don’t be afraid, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the Kingdom.

“In this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; and so you will be my disciples.

They sold their possessions and goods, and distributed them to all, according as anyone had need.

So then it is not of him who wills, nor of him who runs, but of God who has mercy.

Now he who plants and he who waters are the same, but each will receive his own reward according to his own labor.

According to the grace of God which was given to me, as a wise master builder I laid a foundation, and another builds on it. But let each man be careful how he builds on it.

So let a man think of us as Christ’s servants, and stewards of God’s mysteries.

For if the readiness is there, it is acceptable according to what you have, not according to what you don’t have.

to the praise of the glory of his grace, by which he freely gave us favor in the Beloved,

giving thanks always concerning all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to God, even the Father;

This I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and all discernment,

Yes, and if I am poured out on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I rejoice, and rejoice with you all.

of which I was made a servant according to the stewardship of God which was given me toward you to fulfill the word of God,

For I desire to have you know how greatly I struggle for you, and for those at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh;

who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify for himself a people for his own possession, zealous for good works.

For although by this time you should be teachers, you again need to have someone teach you the rudiments of the first principles of the revelations of God. You have come to need milk, and not solid food.

to God our Savior, who alone is wise, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and forever. Amen.

I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and I heard behind me a loud voice, like a trumpet

Moses spoke to all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying, “This is the thing which Yahweh commanded, saying,

‘Take from among you an offering to Yahweh. Whoever is of a willing heart, let him bring it as Yahweh’s offering: gold, silver, bronze,

Then David said, “This is the house of Yahweh God, and this is the altar of burnt offering for Israel.”

Then the people rejoiced, because they offered willingly, because with a perfect heart they offered willingly to Yahweh; and David the king also rejoiced with great joy.

Azariah the chief priest, of the house of Zadok, answered him and said, “Since people began to bring the offerings into Yahweh’s house, we have eaten and had enough, and have plenty left over, for Yahweh has blessed his people; and that which is left is this great store.”

Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work, nor plan, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, where you are going.

Then they will be my people, and I will be their God.

But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they and some others came to the tomb, bringing the spices which they had prepared.

who were born not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

He said, “For this cause I have said to you that no one can come to me, unless it is given to him by my Father.”

For being not yet born, neither having done anything good or bad, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him who calls,

If any man’s work remains which he built on it, he will receive a reward.

But by the grace of God I am what I am. His grace which was given to me was not futile, but I worked more than all of them; yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.

On the first day of every week, let each one of you save, as he may prosper, that no collections are made when I come.

I give a judgment in this: for this is expedient for you who were the first to start a year ago, not only to do, but also to be willing.

We were also assigned an inheritance in him, having been foreordained according to the purpose of him who does all things after the counsel of his will,

And whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord, and not for men,

But I was willing to do nothing without your consent, that your goodness would not be as of necessity, but of free will.

Now I have prepared with all my might for the house of my God the gold for the things of gold, the silver for the things of silver, the bronze for the things of bronze, iron for the things of iron, and wood for the things of wood; also onyx stones, stones to be set, stones for inlaid work, of various colors, all kinds of precious stones, and marble stones in abundance.

Some of the heads of fathers’ households, when they came to Yahweh’s house which is in Jerusalem, offered willingly for God’s house to set it up in its place.

Your people offer themselves willingly in the day of your power, in holy array. Out of the womb of the morning, you have the dew of your youth.

She has done what she could. She has anointed my body beforehand for the burying.

As any of the disciples had plenty, each determined to send relief to the brothers who lived in Judea;

Therefore I testify to you today that I am clean from the blood of all men,

For I testify about them that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge.

For if I do this of my own will, I have a reward. But if not of my own will, I have a stewardship entrusted to me.

What was the blessing you enjoyed? For I testify to you that, if possible, you would have plucked out your eyes and given them to me.

For it is God who works in you both to will and to work, for his good pleasure.

For I testify about him that he has great zeal for you, and for those in Laodicea, and for those in Hierapolis.

Even so, affectionately longing for you, we were well pleased to impart to you, not the Good News of God only, but also our own souls, because you had become very dear to us.

If anyone speaks, let it be as it were the very words of God. If anyone serves, let it be as of the strength which God supplies, that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom belong the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.

Shepherd the flock of God which is among you, exercising the oversight, not under compulsion, but voluntarily, not for dishonest gain, but willingly;