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1 Tim. 6:18 KJV (With Strong’s)

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That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, λwilling to communicate;

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or, sociable.

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2 Chron. 24:16• ¹⁶And they buried him in the city of David among the kings, because he had done good in Israel, both toward God and toward his house. (2 Chron. 24:16)

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Psa. 37:3• ³Confide in Jehovah, and do good; dwell in the land, and feed on faithfulness; (Psa. 37:3)

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Eccl. 3:12• ¹²I know that there is nothing good for them but to rejoice and to do well in their life; (Eccl. 3:12)

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Luke 6:33‑35• ³³And if ye do good to those that do good to you, what thank is it to you? for even sinners do the same.
³⁴And if ye lend to those from whom ye hope to receive, what thank is it to you? for even sinners lend to sinners that they may receive the like.
³⁵But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing in return, and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be sons of the Highest; for *he* is good to the unthankful and wicked. (Luke 6:33‑35)

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Acts 10:38• ³⁸Jesus who was of Nazareth: how God anointed him with the Holy Spirit and with power; who went through all quarters doing good, and healing all that were under the power of the devil, because God was with him. (Acts 10:38)

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Gal. 6:10• ¹⁰So then, as we have occasion, let us do good towards all, and specially towards those of the household of faith. (Gal. 6:10)

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Heb. 13:16• ¹⁶But of doing good and communicating of your substance be not forgetful, for with such sacrifices God is well pleased. (Heb. 13:16)

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1 Peter 3:11• ¹¹And let him avoid evil, and do good; let him seek peace and pursue it; (1 Peter 3:11)

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3 John 11• ¹¹Beloved, do not imitate what is evil, but what is good. He that does good is of God. He that does evil has not seen God. (3 John 11)

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1 Tim. 5:10• ¹⁰borne witness to in good works, if she have brought up children, if she have exercised hospitality, if she have washed saints' feet, if she have imparted relief to the distressed, if she have diligently followed every good work. (1 Tim. 5:10)

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Luke 12:21• ²¹Thus is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God. (Luke 12:21)

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Acts 9:36• ³⁶And in Joppa there was a certain female disciple, by name Tabitha, which being interpreted means Dorcas. She was full of good works and alms-deeds which she did. (Acts 9:36)

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Titus 2:14• ¹⁴who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all lawlessness, and purify to himself a peculiar people, zealous for good works. (Titus 2:14)

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Titus 3:8• ⁸The word is faithful, and I desire that thou insist strenuously on these things, that they who have believed God may take care to pay diligent attention to good works. These things are good and profitable to men. (Titus 3:8)

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James 2:5• ⁵Hear, my beloved brethren: Has not God chosen the poor as to the world, rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom, which he has promised to them that love him? (James 2:5)

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Deut. 15:7‑11• ⁷If there be amongst you a poor man, any one of thy brethren in one of thy gates, in thy land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thy heart, nor shut thy hand from thy brother in need;
⁸but thou shalt open thy hand bountifully unto him, and shalt certainly lend him on pledge what is sufficient for his need, in that which he lacketh.
⁹Beware that there be not a wicked thought in thy heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cry against thee to Jehovah, and it be sin in thee.
¹⁰Thou shalt bountifully give unto him, and thy heart shall not be evil-disposed when thou givest unto him; because for this thing Jehovah thy God will bless thee in all thy works, and in all the business of thy hand.
¹¹For the needy shall never cease from within the land; therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thy hand bountifully unto thy brother, to thy poor and to thy needy, in thy land. (Deut. 15:7‑11)

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Psa. 112:9• ⁹He scattereth abroad, he giveth to the needy; his righteousness abideth for ever: his horn shall be exalted with honour. (Psa. 112:9)

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Prov. 11:24‑25• ²⁴There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is right, but it tendeth only to want.
²⁵The liberal soul shall be made fat, and he that watereth shall be watered also himself. (Prov. 11:24‑25)

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Eccl. 11:1‑2,6• ¹Cast thy bread upon the waters; for thou shalt find it after many days.
²Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth.
⁶In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thy hand; for thou knowest not which shall prosper, whether this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good. (Eccl. 11:1‑2,6)

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Isa. 32:8• ⁸But the noble deviseth noble things; and to noble things doth he stand. (Isa. 32:8)

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Isa. 58:7• ⁷Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring to thy house the needy wanderers; when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh? (Isa. 58:7)

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Luke 6:35• ³⁵But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing in return, and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be sons of the Highest; for *he* is good to the unthankful and wicked. (Luke 6:35)

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Luke 14:12‑14• ¹²And he said also to him that had invited him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, nor thy kinsfolk, nor rich neighbours, lest it may be they also should invite thee in return, and a recompense be made thee.
¹³But when thou makest a feast, call poor, crippled, lame, blind:
¹⁴and thou shalt be blessed; for they have not the means to recompense thee; for it shall be recompensed thee in the resurrection of the just. (Luke 14:12‑14)

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Acts 2:44‑45• ⁴⁴And all that believed were together, and had all things common,
⁴⁵and sold their possessions and substance, and distributed them to all, according as any one might have need. (Acts 2:44‑45)

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Acts 4:34‑37• ³⁴For neither was there any one in want among them; for as many as were owners of lands or houses, selling them, brought the price of what was sold
³⁵and laid it at the feet of the apostles; and distribution was made to each according as any one might have need.
³⁶And Joseph, who had been surnamed Barnabas by the apostles (which is, being interpreted, Son of consolation), a Levite, Cyprian by birth,
³⁷being possessed of land, having sold it, brought the money and laid it at the feet of the apostles. (Acts 4:34‑37)

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Acts 11:29• ²⁹And they determined, according as any one of the disciples was well off, each of them to send to the brethren who dwelt in Judaea, to minister to them; (Acts 11:29)

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Rom. 12:8,13• ⁸or he that exhorts, in exhortation; he that gives, in simplicity; he that leads, with diligence; he that shews mercy, with cheerfulness.
¹³distributing to the necessities of the saints; given to hospitality. (Rom. 12:8,13)

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1 Cor. 16:2• ²On the first of the week let each of you put by at home, laying up in whatever degree he may have prospered, that there may be no collections when I come. (1 Cor. 16:2)

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2 Cor. 8:1‑2,9,12• ¹But we make known to you, brethren, the grace of God bestowed in the assemblies of Macedonia;
²that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty has abounded to the riches of their free-hearted liberality.
⁹For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that for your sakes he, being rich, became poor, in order that *ye* by *his* poverty might be enriched.
¹²For if the readiness be there, a man is accepted according to what he may have, not according to what he has not. (2 Cor. 8:1‑2,9,12)

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2 Cor. 9:6‑15• ⁶But this is true, he that sows sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he that sows in the spirit of blessing shall reap also in blessing:
⁷each according as he is purposed in his heart; not grievingly, or of necessity; for God loves a cheerful giver.
⁸But God is able to make every gracious gift abound towards you, that, having in every way always all-sufficiency, ye may abound to every good work:
⁹according as it is written, He has scattered abroad, he has given to the poor, his righteousness remains for ever.
¹⁰Now he that supplies seed to the sower and bread for eating shall supply and make abundant your sowing, and increase the fruits of your righteousness:
¹¹enriched in every way unto all free-hearted liberality, which works through us thanksgiving to God.
¹²Because the ministration of this service is not only filling up the measure of what is lacking to the saints, but also abounding by many thanksgivings to God;
¹³they glorifying God through the proof of this ministration, by reason of your subjection, by profession, to the glad tidings of the Christ, and your free-hearted liberality in communicating towards them and towards all;
¹⁴and in their supplication for you, full of ardent desire for you, on account of the exceeding grace of God which is upon you.
¹⁵Thanks be to God for his unspeakable free gift. (2 Cor. 9:6‑15)

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Phil. 4:18‑19• ¹⁸But I have all things in full supply and abound; I am full, having received of Epaphroditus the things sent from you, an odour of sweet savour, an acceptable sacrifice, agreeable to God.
¹⁹But my God shall abundantly supply all your need according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus. (Phil. 4:18‑19)

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Heb. 13:16• ¹⁶But of doing good and communicating of your substance be not forgetful, for with such sacrifices God is well pleased. (Heb. 13:16)

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1 John 3:17• ¹⁷But whoso may have the world's substance, and see his brother having need, and shut up his bowels from him, how abides the love of God in him? (1 John 3:17)

willing to communicate.

or, sociable.

• The ungrudging and bountiful Giver of all loves a heart that responds to His grace, as far from legality as from license. (“On 1 Timothy 6:17-19” by W. Kelly)

• men in general laud the one which affects man, and forget or disparage what is of yet greater moment, what is good in itself before God. Flowing from faith and love, how acceptable are both! (“On 1 Timothy 6:17-19” by W. Kelly)

• "to be liberal in distributing, ready to communicate," which, I presume, goes beyond cases of need, where calls arise peculiarly suitable for men of ample means, as in the varied circumstances of the Lord's work and witness. (“On 1 Timothy 6:17-19” by W. Kelly)

• To be rich in those dispositions which would be of value, which would lay up a store (this is but a figure) against the time to come. (“1 Timothy 6” by J.N. Darby)

• God loves a cheerful giver; hence the rich man is exhorted to be ready to distribute "and willing to communicate". (“Warnings Against Pride of the Flesh and Instruction in Piety: 1 Timothy 6” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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to do good, to be rich in good works, to be liberal in distributing, disposed to communicate of their substance,

W. Kelly Translation

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to do gooda, to be rich in good works, to be liberal in distributing, ready to communicate,

WK Translation Notes

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There is an important shade between the two acts, although it is not easy to express the difference except in a paraphrase. By the first (agathoergein) "to do good" is meant doing, works of kindness or goodness to others; by being "rich in good works" is meant abounding in fair, upright, works, comely in themselves: the first relatively, and the second absolutely, good works. And very important it is to note how both are pressed in close connection here and elsewhere, for men in general laud the one which affects man, and forget or disparage what is of yet greater moment, what is good in itself before God.