2 Corinthians 9:14

He has said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Most gladly therefore I will rather glory in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest on me.

Only let your way of life be worthy of the Good News of Christ, that whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of your state, that you stand firm in one spirit, with one soul striving for the faith of the Good News;

In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.

Watch! Stand firm in the faith! Be courageous! Be strong!

For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Isn’t it even you, before our Lord Jesus at his coming?

Jesus said to him, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell what you have, and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.”

Now to him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us,

For I know that this will turn out to my salvation, through your prayers and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,

If Yahweh your God enlarges your border, as he has sworn to your fathers, and gives you all the land which he promised to give to your fathers;

Sell that which you have, and give gifts to the needy. Make for yourselves purses which don’t grow old, a treasure in the heavens that doesn’t fail, where no thief approaches, neither moth destroys.

If therefore you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?

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.

holding up the word of life, that I may have something to boast in the day of Christ, that I didn’t run in vain nor labor in vain.

Every place on which the sole of your foot treads shall be yours: from the wilderness and Lebanon, from the river, the river Euphrates, even to the western sea shall be your border.

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

No servant can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to one, and despise the other. You aren’t able to serve God and Mammon.”

Every branch in me that doesn’t bear fruit, he takes away. Every branch that bears fruit, he prunes, that it may bear more fruit.

For God is my witness, whom I serve in my spirit in the Good News of his Son, how unceasingly I make mention of you always in my prayers,

Now I beg you, brothers, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love of the Spirit, that you strive together with me in your prayers to God for me,

For to one is given through the Spirit the word of wisdom, and to another the word of knowledge, according to the same Spirit;

In this confidence, I was determined to come first to you, that you might have a second benefit,

For all things are for your sakes, that the grace, being multiplied through the many, may cause the thanksgiving to abound to the glory of God.

And God is able to make all grace abound to you, that you, always having all sufficiency in everything, may abound to every good work.

you being enriched in everything to all generosity, which produces thanksgiving to God through us.

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your heart to the Lord.

let’s hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering; for he who promised is faithful.

But Moses’ hands were heavy; so they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat on it. Aaron and Hur held up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side. His hands were steady until sunset.

the blessing of him who was ready to perish came on me, and I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy.

He who says to the wicked, “You are righteous,” peoples will curse him, and nations will abhor him—

One who gives to the poor has no lack; but one who closes his eyes will have many curses.

Therefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable to you, and break off your sins by righteousness, and your iniquities by showing mercy to the poor. Perhaps there may be a lengthening of your tranquility.”

“No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other; or else he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You can’t serve both God and Mammon.

But give for gifts to the needy those things which are within, and behold, all things will be clean to you.

When Jesus heard these things, he said to him, “You still lack one thing. Sell all that you have, and distribute it to the poor. Then you will have treasure in heaven; then come, follow me.”

Peter therefore was kept in the prison, but constant prayer was made by the assembly to God for him.

A vision appeared to Paul in the night. There was a man of Macedonia standing, begging him, and saying, “Come over into Macedonia and help us.”

to those who by perseverance in well-doing seek for glory, honor, and incorruptibility, eternal life;

but now, no longer having any place in these regions, and having these many years a longing to come to you,

that in everything you were enriched in him, in all speech and all knowledge;

that you may walk worthily of the Lord, to please him in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God,

Hold the pattern of sound words which you have heard from me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.

Let our people also learn to maintain good works for necessary uses, that they may not be unfruitful.

Also, prepare a guest room for me, for I hope that through your prayers I will be restored to you.

Your offspring will be as the dust of the earth, and you will spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south. In you and in your offspring, all the families of the earth will be blessed.

For I will drive out nations before you and enlarge your borders; neither shall any man desire your land when you go up to appear before Yahweh, your God, three times in the year.

Absalom happened to meet David’s servants. Absalom was riding on his mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and his head caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up between the sky and earth; and the mule that was under him went on.

The king said to them, “Take with you the servants of your lord, and cause Solomon my son to ride on my own mule, and bring him down to Gihon.

Wait for Yahweh. Be strong, and let your heart take courage. Yes, wait for Yahweh.

“Don’t lay up treasures for yourselves on the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal;

Jesus looking at him loved him, and said to him, “One thing you lack. Go, sell whatever you have, and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me, taking up the cross.”

Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, “Behold, Lord, half of my goods I give to the poor. If I have wrongfully exacted anything of anyone, I restore four times as much.”

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 neither was there among them any who lacked, for as many as were owners of lands or houses sold them, and brought the proceeds of the things that were sold,

and said, ‘Cornelius, your prayer is heard, and your gifts to the needy are remembered in the sight of God.

who, when he had come, and had seen the grace of God, was glad. He exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they should remain near to the Lord.

When Paul had laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them and they spoke with other languages and prophesied.

Then Paul answered, “What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”

I tell the truth in Christ. I am not lying, my conscience testifying with me in the Holy Spirit

having gifts differing according to the grace that was given to us: if prophecy, let’s prophesy according to the proportion of our faith;

Rejoice with those who rejoice. Weep with those who weep.

I myself am also persuaded about you, my brothers, that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish others.

I know that when I come to you, I will come in the fullness of the blessing of the Good News of Christ.

I always thank my God concerning you, for the grace of God which was given you in Christ Jesus;

But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

as also you acknowledged us in part, that we are your boasting, even as you also are ours, in the day of our Lord Jesus.

nor filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not appropriate, but rather giving of thanks.

on my behalf, that utterance may be given to me in opening my mouth, to make known with boldness the mystery of the Good News,

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

But when Timothy came just now to us from you, and brought us glad news of your faith and love, and that you have good memories of us always, longing to see us, even as we also long to see you,

for indeed you do it toward all the brothers who are in all Macedonia. But we exhort you, brothers, that you abound more and more;

Let no man despise your youth; but be an example to those who believe, in word, in your way of life, in love, in spirit, in faith, and in purity.

laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold of eternal life.

longing to see you, remembering your tears, that I may be filled with joy;

Flee from youthful lusts; but pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

When Yahweh your God enlarges your border, as he has promised you, and you say, “I want to eat meat,” because your soul desires to eat meat, you may eat meat, after all the desire of your soul.

The servants of Absalom did to Amnon as Absalom had commanded. Then all the king’s sons arose, and every man got up on his mule, and fled.

People curse someone who withholds grain, but blessing will be on the head of him who sells it.

I tell you, make for yourselves friends by means of unrighteous mammon, so that when you fail, they may receive you into the eternal tents.

For I long to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift, to the end that you may be established;

you also helping together on our behalf by your supplication; that, for the gift given to us by means of many, thanks may be given by many persons on your behalf.

Moreover, brothers, we make known to you the grace of God which has been given in the assemblies of Macedonia,

But as you abound in everything, in faith, utterance, knowledge, all earnestness, and in your love to us, see that you also abound in this grace.

For God is my witness, how I long after all of you in the tender mercies of Christ Jesus.

since he longed for you all, and was very troubled because you had heard that he was sick.

Therefore, my brothers, beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, stand firm in the Lord in this way, my beloved.

The grace of our Lord abounded exceedingly with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.

For if these things are yours and abound, they make you to not be idle or unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.