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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• ³Trust in the Lord, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed. (Psa. 37:3)

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Eccl. 3:12• ¹²I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life. (Eccl. 3:12)

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Luke 6:33‑35• ³³And if ye do good to them which do good to you, what thank have ye? for sinners also do even the same.
³⁴And if ye lend to them of whom ye hope to receive, what thank have ye? for sinners also lend to sinners, to receive as much again.
³⁵But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil. (Luke 6:33‑35)

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Acts 10:38• ³⁸How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him. (Acts 10:38)

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Gal. 6:10• ¹⁰As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith. (Gal. 6:10)

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Heb. 13:16• ¹⁶But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased. (Heb. 13:16)

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1 Peter 3:11• ¹¹Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it. (1 Peter 3:11)

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3 John 11• ¹¹Beloved, follow not that which is evil, but that which is good. He that doeth good is of God: but he that doeth evil hath not seen God. (3 John 11)

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1 Tim. 5:10• ¹⁰Well reported of for good works; if she have brought up children, if she have lodged strangers, if she have washed the saints' feet, if she have relieved the afflicted, if she have diligently followed every good work. (1 Tim. 5:10)

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Luke 12:21• ²¹So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God. (Luke 12:21)

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Acts 9:36• ³⁶Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha, which by interpretation is called Dorcas: this woman was full of good works and almsdeeds 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 iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works. (Titus 2:14)

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Titus 3:8• ⁸This is a faithful saying, and these things I will that thou affirm constantly, that they which have believed in God might be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable unto men. (Titus 3:8)

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

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Deut. 15:7‑11• ⁷If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother:
⁸But thou shalt open thine hand wide unto him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need, in that which he wanteth.
⁹Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked 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 unto the Lord against thee, and it be sin unto thee.
¹⁰Thou shalt surely give him, and thine heart shall not be grieved when thou givest unto him: because that for this thing the Lord thy God shall bless thee in all thy works, and in all that thou puttest thine hand unto.
¹¹For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide 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 hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor; his righteousness endureth for ever; his horn shall be exalted with honor. (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 meet, but it tendeth to poverty.
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 thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either 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 liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things shall 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 the poor that are cast out to thy house? 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 ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil. (Luke 6:35)

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Luke 14:12‑14• ¹²Then said he also to him that bade him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen, nor thy rich neighbors; lest they also bid thee again, and a recompence be made thee.
¹³But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind:
¹⁴And thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed at 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 goods, and parted them to all men, as every man had need. (Acts 2:44‑45)

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Acts 4:34‑37• ³⁴Neither was there any among them that lacked: for as many as were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the prices of the things that were sold,
³⁵And laid them down at the apostles' feet: and distribution was made unto every man according as he had need.
³⁶And Joses, who by the apostles was surnamed Barnabas, (which is, being interpreted, The son of consolation,) a Levite, and of the country of Cyprus,
³⁷Having land, sold it, and brought the money, and laid it at the apostles' feet. (Acts 4:34‑37)

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Acts 11:29• ²⁹Then the disciples, every man according to his ability, determined to send relief unto the brethren which dwelt in Judea: (Acts 11:29)

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Rom. 12:8,13• ⁸Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that giveth, let him do it with simplicity; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that showeth mercy, with cheerfulness.
¹³Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality. (Rom. 12:8,13)

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1 Cor. 16:2• ²Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him, that there be no gatherings when I come. (1 Cor. 16:2)

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2 Cor. 8:1‑2,9,12• ¹Moreover, brethren, we do you to wit of the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia;
²How that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality.
⁹For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.
¹²For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not. (2 Cor. 8:1‑2,9,12)

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2 Cor. 9:6‑15• ⁶But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.
⁷Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.
⁸And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work:
⁹(As it is written, He hath dispersed abroad; he hath given to the poor: his righteousness remaineth for ever.
¹⁰Now he that ministereth seed to the sower both minister bread for your food, and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness;)
¹¹Being enriched in every thing to all bountifulness, which causeth through us thanksgiving to God.
¹²For the administration of this service not only supplieth the want of the saints, but is abundant also by many thanksgivings unto God;
¹³Whiles by the experiment of this ministration they glorify God for your professed subjection unto the gospel of Christ, and for your liberal distribution unto them, and unto all men;
¹⁴And by their prayer for you, which long after you for the exceeding grace of God in you.
¹⁵Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift. (2 Cor. 9:6‑15)

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Phil. 4:18‑19• ¹⁸But I have all, and abound: I am full, having received of Epaphroditus the things which were sent from you, an odor of a sweet smell, a sacrifice acceptable, wellpleasing to God.
¹⁹But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus. (Phil. 4:18‑19)

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Heb. 13:16• ¹⁶But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased. (Heb. 13:16)

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1 John 3:17• ¹⁷But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth 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.