"So that ye were ensamples to all that believe in Macedonia and Achaia. For from you sounded out the word of the Lord... in every place your faith to God-ward…
"Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase: So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new…
"Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings... Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse,…
"But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly after this sort? for all things come of thee, and of thine…
"Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver" 2 Corinthians 9:7.
"...God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven,…