1 Corinthians 16:2 Cross References - Twentieth_Century

² On the first day of every week each of you should put by what he can afford, so that no collections need be made after I have come.

⁴¹ Then Jesus sat down opposite the chests for the Temple offerings, and watched how the people put money into them. Many rich people were putting in large sums; ⁴² But one poor widow came and put in two farthings, which make a half-penny. ⁴³ On this, calling his disciples to him, Jesus said: "I tell you that this poor widow has put in more than all the others who were putting money into the chests; ⁴⁴ For every one else put in something from what he had to spare, while she, in her need, put in all she had--everything that she had to live on."

⁸ She has done what she could; she has perfumed my body beforehand for my burial.

¹⁰ He who is trustworthy in the smallest matter is trustworthy in a great one also; and he who is dishonest in the smallest matter is dishonest in a great one also.

¹ But very early on the first day of the week they went to the tomb, taking with them the spices that they had prepared.

¹⁹ In the evening of the same day--the first day of the week-- after the doors of the room, in which the disciples were, had been shut for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said: "Peace be with you";

²⁶ A week later the disciples were again in the house, and Thomas with them. After the doors had been shut, Jesus came and stood among them, and said: "Peace be with you."

⁷ On the first day of the week, when we had met for the Breaking of Bread, Paul, who was intending to leave the next day, began to address those who were present, and prolonged his address till midnight.

¹ We would remind you, Brothers, of the love that God has shown to the Churches in Macedonia-- ² How, tired though they were by many a trouble, their overflowing happiness, and even their deep poverty, resulted in a flood of generosity. ³ I can bear witness that to the full extent of their power, and even beyond their power, spontaneously,

¹¹ And now I want you to complete the work, so that its completion may correspond with your willing readiness--in proportion, of course, to your means. ¹² For, where there is willingness, a man's gift is valued by its comparison with what he has, and not with what he has not. ¹³ For our object is not to give relief to others and bring distress on you, but, by equalizing matters, to secure that, ¹⁴ On the present occasion, what you can spare may supply their need, so that at another time what they can spare may supply your need, and thus matters may be equalized. ¹⁵ As Scripture says--'The man who had much had nothing over, and the man who had little did not lack!'

³ So my reason for sending our Brothers is to prevent what we said about you from proving, in this particular matter, an empty boast, and to enable you to be as well prepared as I have been saying that you are. ⁴ Otherwise, if any Macedonians were to come with me, and find you unprepared, we--to say nothing of you--should feel ashamed of our present confidence. ⁵ Therefore I think it necessary to urge the Brothers to go to you in advance, and to complete the arrangements for the gift, which you have already promised, so that it may be ready, as a gift, before I come, and not look as if it were being given under pressure.

¹⁰ I fell into a trance on the Lord's Day, and I heard behind me a loud voice, like the blast of a trumpet.