James 2:15

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If a brother or sister is poorly clothed and lacks daily food,

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  • Luke 3:11 : 11 John answered them,“The person who has two tunics must share with the person who has none, and the person who has food must do likewise.”
  • Matt 25:35-40 : 35 For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, 36 I was naked and you gave me clothing, I was sick and you took care of me, I was in prison and you visited me.’ 37 Then the righteous will answer him,‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? 38 When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or naked and clothe you? 39 When did we see you sick or in prison and visit you?’ 40 And the king will answer them,‘I tell you the truth, just as you did it for one of the least of these brothers or sisters of mine, you did it for me.’
  • Mark 14:7 : 7 For you will always have the poor with you, and you can do good for them whenever you want. But you will not always have me!
  • Job 31:16-21 : 16 If I have refused to give the poor what they desired, or caused the eyes of the widow to fail, 17 If I ate my morsel of bread myself, and did not share any of it with orphans– 18 but from my youth I raised the orphan like a father, and from my mother’s womb I guided the widow! 19 If I have seen anyone about to perish for lack of clothing, or a poor man without a coat, 20 whose heart did not bless me as he warmed himself with the fleece of my sheep, 21 if I have raised my hand to vote against the orphan, when I saw my support in the court,
  • Isa 58:7 : 7 I want you to share your food with the hungry and to provide shelter for homeless, oppressed people. When you see someone naked, clothe him! Don’t turn your back on your own flesh and blood!
  • Isa 58:10 : 10 You must actively help the hungry and feed the oppressed. Then your light will dispel the darkness, and your darkness will be transformed into noonday.
  • Jas 2:5 : 5 Listen, my dear brothers and sisters! Did not God choose the poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom that he promised to those who love him?
  • Ezek 18:7 : 7 does not oppress anyone, but gives the debtor back whatever was given in pledge, does not commit robbery, but gives his bread to the hungry and clothes the naked,
  • Heb 11:37 : 37 They were stoned, sawed apart, murdered with the sword; they went about in sheepskins and goatskins; they were destitute, afflicted, ill-treated

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  • Jas 2:16-17
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    16and one of you says to them,“Go in peace, keep warm and eat well,” but you do not give them what the body needs, what good is it?

    17So also faith, if it does not have works, is dead being by itself.

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    14Faith and Works Together What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone claims to have faith but does not have works? Can this kind of faith save him?

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    7I want you to share your food with the hungry and to provide shelter for homeless, oppressed people. When you see someone naked, clothe him! Don’t turn your back on your own flesh and blood!

  • 1 John 3:17
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    17But whoever has the world’s possessions and sees his fellow Christian in need and shuts off his compassion against him, how can the love of God reside in such a person?

  • Job 31:19
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    19If I have seen anyone about to perish for lack of clothing, or a poor man without a coat,

  • Jas 2:1-3
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    1Prejudice and the Law of Love My brothers and sisters, do not show prejudice if you possess faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ.

    2For if someone comes into your assembly wearing a gold ring and fine clothing, and a poor person enters in filthy clothes,

    3do you pay attention to the one who is finely dressed and say,“You sit here in a good place,” and to the poor person,“You stand over there,” or“Sit on the floor”?

  • Job 22:6-7
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    6“For you took pledges from your brothers for no reason, and you stripped the clothing from the naked.

    7You gave the weary no water to drink and from the hungry you withheld food.

  • Job 24:10
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    10They go about naked, without clothing, and go hungry while they carry the sheaves.

  • Ezek 18:16
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    16does not oppress anyone or keep what has been given in pledge, does not commit robbery, gives his food to the hungry, and clothes the naked,

  • Matt 25:35-38
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    35For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in,

    36I was naked and you gave me clothing, I was sick and you took care of me, I was in prison and you visited me.’

    37Then the righteous will answer him,‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink?

    38When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or naked and clothe you?

  • Job 24:7
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    7They spend the night naked because they lack clothing; they have no covering against the cold.

  • 1 Cor 4:11
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    11To the present hour we are hungry and thirsty, poorly clothed, brutally treated, and without a roof over our heads.

  • 1 Cor 13:3
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    3If I give away everything I own, and if I give over my body in order to boast, but do not have love, I receive no benefit.

  • Matt 25:42-44
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    42For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink.

    43I was a stranger and you did not receive me as a guest, naked and you did not clothe me, sick and in prison and you did not visit me.’

    44Then they too will answer,‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not give you whatever you needed?’

  • 2 Cor 5:3
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    3if indeed, after we have put on our heavenly house, we will not be found naked.

  • Ezek 18:7
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    7does not oppress anyone, but gives the debtor back whatever was given in pledge, does not commit robbery, but gives his bread to the hungry and clothes the naked,

  • Lev 25:35
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    35Debt and Slave Regulations“‘If your brother becomes impoverished and is indebted to you, you must support him; he must live with you like a foreign resident.

  • 1 Tim 6:8
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    8But if we have food and shelter, we will be satisfied with that.

  • 2 Cor 11:27
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    27in hard work and toil, through many sleepless nights, in hunger and thirst, many times without food, in cold and without enough clothing.

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    11John answered them,“The person who has two tunics must share with the person who has none, and the person who has food must do likewise.”

  • Deut 15:7
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    7The Spirit of Liberality If a fellow Israelite from one of your villages in the land that the LORD your God is giving you should be poor, you must not harden your heart or be insensitive to his impoverished condition.

  • 1 Tim 5:16
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    16If a believing woman has widows in her family, let her help them. The church should not be burdened, so that it may help the widows who are truly in need.

  • 2 Thess 3:10
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    10For even when we were with you, we used to give you this command:“If anyone is not willing to work, neither should he eat.”

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    45and they began selling their property and possessions and distributing the proceeds to everyone, as anyone had need.

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    14At the present time, your abundance will meet their need, so that one day their abundance may also meet your need, and thus there may be equality,

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    12In this way you will live a decent life before outsiders and not be in need.

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    27Pure and undefiled religion before God the Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their adversity and to keep oneself unstained by the world.

  • 1 Tim 5:8
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    8But if someone does not provide for his own, especially his own family, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

  • Matt 6:31
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    31So then, don’t worry saying,‘What will we eat?’ or‘What will we drink?’ or‘What will we wear?’

  • Isa 58:10
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    10You must actively help the hungry and feed the oppressed. Then your light will dispel the darkness, and your darkness will be transformed into noonday.

  • Acts 4:35
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    35and placing them at the apostles’ feet. The proceeds were distributed to each, as anyone had need.

  • Jas 2:20
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    20But would you like evidence, you empty fellow, that faith without works is useless?

  • Rom 14:15
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    15For if your brother or sister is distressed because of what you eat, you are no longer walking in love. Do not destroy by your food someone for whom Christ died.

  • Jas 5:2
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    2Your riches have rotted and your clothing has become moth-eaten.

  • Luke 12:23
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    23For there is more to life than food, and more to the body than clothing.

  • 3 John 1:5
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    5The Charge to Gaius Dear friend, you demonstrate faithfulness by whatever you do for the brothers(even though they are strangers).

  • 2 Cor 9:5
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    5Therefore I thought it necessary to urge these brothers to go to you in advance and to arrange ahead of time the generous contribution you had promised, so this may be ready as a generous gift and not as something you feel forced to do.

  • Job 31:16
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    16If I have refused to give the poor what they desired, or caused the eyes of the widow to fail,

  • Mark 6:9
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    9and to put on sandals but not to wear two tunics.

  • Gal 5:15
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    15However, if you continually bite and devour one another, beware that you are not consumed by one another.