Let us bear in mind that the blessedness of giving we all can win. All of us can give, and we all can give in the various possible ways of giving above referred to. Those even that seem to have nothing yet can give, if a comprehensive view of giving be taken. A poor widow who had only two mites could give. Our Lord himself, though he had nothing, could give. Peter and John could say, “Silver and gold have we none, but such as we have we give thee.” There are better things to give away than money; and it is in such things that we find the best blessedness of giving.
The Pulpit Commentary: Acts of the Apostles Vol. II. 2004 (H. D. M. Spence-Jones, Ed.) (169). Bellingham, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc.
It makes us more like to God, who gives to all, and receives from none; and to the Lord Jesus, who went about doing good.
Henry, M. (1996). Matthew Henry's commentary on the whole Bible : Complete and unabridged in one volume. Peabody: Hendrickson.
In other words, the blessing does not come in accumulating wealth, but in sharing it.
Wiersbe, W. W. (1996). The Bible exposition commentary. Wheaton, Ill.: Victor Books.
The arighteous 1is concerned for the rights of the poor,
The wicked does not understand such 2concern.
New American Standard Bible : 1995 update. 1995. LaHabra, CA: The Lockman Foundation.
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