2 Corinthians 8:4
they besought us, with much entreaty, that they might participate in the beneficence of the ministration to the saints.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
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Matthew 10:42And whoever shall give one of these little ones to drink a cup of cold water only, in the name of a disciple, verily I say to you, he shall not lose his reward.
Matthew 25:40And the king will answer, and say to them: Verily I Say to you, That inasmuch as ye did so to one of these my little brothers, ye did so to me.
Mark 14:7For the poor ye have always with you; and when ye please, ye can do them kind offices: but I am not always with you.
Acts 6:1And in those days, when the disciples had become numerous, the Grecian disciples murmured against the Hebrew, because their widows were neglected in the daily ministration to the needy.
Acts 11:29And moreover the disciples, each of them according to his several ability, determined to send to the relief of the brethren who dwelt in Judaea.
Matthew Henry on 2 Corinthians 8:2-7
Charity of the Macedonians. ( a. d. 57.) 1 Moreover, brethren, we do you to wit of the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia; 2 How that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality. 3 For to their power, I bear record, yea, and beyond their power they were willing of themselves; 4 Praying us with much intreaty that we would receive the gift, and take upon us the fellowship of the ministering to the saints. 5 And this… Read the whole commentary →