TSK · Romans 12:8

But thou shalt open thine hande vnto hym, and lende hym sufficient for his neede which he hath.

And thou shalt reioyce before the Lord thy God, thou, and thy sonne, thy daughter, thy seruaunt, and thy mayde, & the Leuite that is within thy gates, and the straunger, the fatherlesse, and the widdowe that are among you, in the place which the Lorde thy God hath chosen, to put his name there.

If I denied the poore of their desire, or haue caused the eyes of the wydow to wayte in vayne:

A psalme of Dauid. I will sing of mercie and iudgement: I wyll syng vnto thee O God psalmes.

He that hath a bountifull eye, shalbe blessed: for he geueth of his bread to the poore.

Lay thy bread vpon wette faces, and so shalt thou finde it after many dayes.

Then shall the foolishe nigarde be no more called gentle, nor the churle liberall.

To deale thy bread to the hungrie, and to bring the poore wandering home into thy house? when thou seest the naked that thou couer hym, and hide not thy selfe from thy neighbour, and despise not thyne owne fleshe?

Therefore, when thou geuest thyne almes, thou shalt not make a trumpet to be blowen before thee, as hypocrites do, in the synagogues, & in the streates, yt they might be esteemed of me. Uerily I say vnto you, they haue their reward.

As he beheld, he sawe the ryche men whiche caste their gyftes into the treasurie.

And with great power gaue the Apostles witnesse of the resurrection of the Lorde Iesu: And great grace was with them all.

Then the deputie, when he sawe what was done, beleued, and wondred at the doctrine of the Lorde.

And Iudas, and Silas, beyng prophetes, exhorted ye brethren with many wordes, and strengthed them.

Take heede therfore vnto your selues, and to all the flocke, ouer the which the holy ghost hath made you ouerseers, to rule the Church of God, which he hath purchased with his owne blood.

And for this cause pay ye tribute. For they are Gods ministers, seruyng for the same purpose.

But he that prophesieth, speaketh vnto men to their edifiyng, to their exhortation, and to their comfort.

Moreouer, we do you to wite brethren, of the grace of God, which was geuen in the Churches of Macedonia.

Let euery man do, accordyng as he hath purposed in his heart, not grudgyngly, or of necessitie: For God loueth a chearefull geuer.

Which by the experiment of this ministration, prayse God for the obedience of your consentyng to the Gospell of Christe, and for your singlenesse in distributyng to them, and to all men:

Seruauntes obey them that are your bodyly maisters, with feare and tremblyng, in singlenesse of your heart, as vnto Christe.

For our exhortation was not of deceit, neither of vncleannes, neither in guile:

And we beseche you brethren to know them whiche labour among you, and haue the ouersight of you in the Lorde, and admonishe you:

Tyll I come geue attendaunce to readyng, to exhortation, to doctrine.

Not forsakyng the assemblyng of our selues together, as the maner of some is but exhortyng one (another) and so much the more, as ye see the day approchyng.

Obey them that haue the ouersight of you, and submit your selues: for they watche for your soules, as they that must geue accomptes, that they may do it with ioy, and not with griefe: for that is vnprofitable for you.

Salute all them that haue the ouersight of you, and all the saintes. They of Italie salute you.

Feede you God his flocke, whiche is committed vnto you, takyng the ouersight of them not as compelled therto, but wyllyngly, not for the desyre of fylthy lucre, but of a good mynde: