Their possessions and goods they sold and divided them to all, according as every one had need.Acts 4:37Having land, sold it and brought the price and laid it at the feet of the Apostles.Acts 5:2And by fraud kept back part of the price of the land, his wife being privy thereunto:...
And sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, as every man had need. English Standard Version And they were selling their possessions and belongings and distributing the proceeds to all, as any had need. The Message They sold whatever they owned and pooled their resources...
And sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, as every man had need. provide. Luke 16:9 And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness; that, when ye fail, they may receive you into everlasting habitations. Haggai 1:6 Ye have sow...
MONEY AND POSSESSIONS. By Walter Brueggemann. Interpretation: Resources for the Use of Scripture in the Church. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press, 2016. Pp. xxii + 319. $40.00.doi:10.1111/rsr.13448Birdsong, Shelley L.John Wiley and SonsReligious Studies Review...
And there is another class in democratic States, of respectable, thriving individuals, who can be squeezed when the drones have need of their possessions; there is moreover a third class, who are the labourers and the artisans, and they make up the mass of the people. When the people ...
Before the Fall, the highly moral character of humans is what justified the common ownership and use of goods without external restriction, because humans will naturally restrain themselves in such a way that they will be peaceful and will find their needs met. Although this general normative ...
Interpretation: Resources for the Use of Scripture in the Church. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press, 2016. Pp. xxii + 319. $40.00. Money and Possessions\r , by Walter BrueggemannMoney and Possessions, by BrueggemannWalterInterpretation Resources for the Use of Scripture in the ...
And they gained possessions in it, and were fruitful and multiplied greatly. 28 And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years. So the days of Jacob, the years of his life, were 147 years. 29 And when the time drew near that Israel must die, he called his son Joseph and said...
And sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, as every man had need. Acts 6:1 And in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplied, there arose a murmuring of the Grecians against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily ministratio...
In the early church, believers voluntarily shared their possessions, but this was not mandated. The context here is the freedom and autonomy Ananias had over his property, highlighting that his sin was not in withholding money, but in deceit. And after it was sold, was it not at your ...