Giving: Rules For

“Be careful not to perform your righteous acts before men to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven. …

On the first day of every week, each of you should set aside a portion of his income, saving it up, so that when I come no collections will be needed.

Now finish the work, so that you may complete it with the same eager desire, according to your means.

For if the eagerness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what one has, not according to what he does not have.

At the present time, your surplus will meet their need, so that in turn their surplus will meet your need. This way there will be equality.

Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.

Each one should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not out of regret or compulsion. For God loves a cheerful giver.