Generosidade
A generosidade é marca do caráter de Deus e vocação do cristão. Deus ama ao que dá com alegria. Quem semeia generosamente, generosamente colherá.
Dar com alegria
Deus ama ao que dá com alegria. Cada um contribua segundo propôs no coração — não com tristeza ou por necessidade.
Each man as he casted in his heart, not of heaviness, or of need; for God loveth a glad giver.
For I say this thing, he that soweth scarcely, shall also reap scarcely; and he that soweth in blessings, shall reap also of blessings.
Each man as he casted in his heart, not of heaviness, or of need; for God loveth a glad giver.
And God is mighty to make all grace abound in you, that ye in all things evermore have all sufficience, and abound into all good work;
as it is written, He dealed abroad, he gave to poor men, his rightwise-ness dwelleth without end.
And he that ministereth seed to the sower, shall give also bread to eat, and he shall multiply your seed, and make much the increasings of fruits of your rightwiseness;
that in all things ye made rich wax plenteous [or abound] into all simpleness, which worketh by us doing of thankings to God.
For the ministry of this office not only filleth those things that fail to holy men, but also multiplieth many thankings to God,
And he that ministereth seed to the sower, shall give also bread to eat, and he shall multiply your seed, and make much the increasings of fruits of your rightwiseness;
that in all things ye made rich wax plenteous [or abound] into all simpleness, which worketh by us doing of thankings to God.
For if the will be ready, it is accepted after that that it hath, not after that that it hath not.
Partilhar e abençoar
Quem dá aos pobres empresta ao Senhor. A generosidade abre portas de bênção sobre quem dá e sobre quem recebe.
A soul that blesseth, shall be made fat; and he that filleth, shall be filled also.
Some men part their own things, and be made richer; other men ravish things, that be not theirs, and they be ever in neediness.
A soul that blesseth, shall be made fat; and he that filleth, shall be filled also.
Honour thou the Lord of thy chattel [or substance], and of the best of all thy fruits give thou to poor men;
and thy barns shall be filled with abundance, and thy pressers [or presses] shall flow with wine.
Do not thou forbid to do well him that may; if thou mayest, also do thou well.
He that stoppeth his ear at the cry of a poor man, shall cry also, and he shall not be heard.
Bring ye each tithe into my barn, that meat be in mine house, and prove ye me on this thing, saith the Lord, if I shall not open to you the gutters of heaven, and shall shed out to you blessing, till to abundance.
Poor men shall not fail in the land of thy dwelling; therefore I command to thee, that thou open thy hand to thy brother needy poor, that live with thee in the land.
O ensino de Jesus
Dai e dar-se-vos-á. A quem te pedir, dá. O que fizestes a um destes mais pequeninos, a mim o fizestes.
Give ye, and it shall be given to you. They shall give into your bosom a good measure, and well-filled, and shaken together, and overflowing; for by the same measure, by which ye mete, it shall be meted again to you.
Give ye, and it shall be given to you. They shall give into your bosom a good measure, and well-filled, and shaken together, and overflowing; for by the same measure, by which ye mete, it shall be meted again to you.
And give to each that asketh thee, and if a man taketh away those things that be thine, ask thou not again.
Therefore if ye, when ye be evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more your Father of heaven shall give a good Spirit to men that ask him.
Give thou to him that asketh of thee, and turn thou not away from him that will borrow of thee.
Therefore when thou doest alms, do not thou trumpet before thee, as hypocrites do in synagogues and streets, that they be worshipped of men; soothly I say to you, they have received their meed.
But when thou doest alms, know not thy left hand what thy right hand doeth,
that thine alms be in huddles, and thy Father that seeth in huddles, shall requite [or yield] to thee.
And the king answering shall say to them, Truly I say to you, as long as ye did to one of these my least brethren, ye did to me.
Generosidade de Deus
Se Deus dá sabedoria generosamente a quem pede, quanto mais nos dará Ele forças e suprimento em toda necessidade?
And if any of you needeth wisdom, ask he of God, which giveth to all men largely, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given to him.
And if a brother or sister be naked, and have need of each day’s livelode [or lifelode],
and if any of you say to them, Go ye in peace, be ye made hot, and be ye [full]-filled; but if ye give not to them those things that be necessary to the body, what shall it profit?
So also faith, if it hath not works, is dead in itself.
That giveth strength to the weary, and strength to them that be not, and multiplieth stalworth[y] ness.
The man is merry, that doeth mercy, and lendeth; he disposeth his words in doom;