¹³ and he said to Ephron in their hearing, “Listen to me, if you will. I will pay the price of the field. Accept it from me so I can bury my dead there.”

⁵ Keep your lives free from the love of money^(A) and be content with what you have,^(B) because God has said,

⁵ Be wise^(A) in the way you act toward outsiders;^(B) make the most of every opportunity.^(C)

⁵ Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near.^{(A) 6} Do not be anxious about anything,^(B) but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.^{(C) 7} And the peace of God,^(D) which transcends all understanding,^(E) will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

⁸ Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.

Love Fulfills the Law

⁸ Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another, for whoever loves others has fulfilled the law.^(A)

³⁵ In everything I did, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words the Lord Jesus himself said: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’ ”

²⁴ But the king replied to Araunah, “No, I insist on paying you for it. I will not sacrifice to the Lord my God burnt offerings that cost me nothing.”^(A)

So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen and paid fifty shekels^[a](B) of silver for them.

²² But Abram said to the king of Sodom,^(A) “With raised hand^(B) I have sworn an oath to the Lord, God Most High,^(C) Creator of heaven and earth,^{(D) 23} that I will accept nothing belonging to you,^(E) not even a thread or the strap of a sandal, so that you will never be able to say, ‘I made Abram rich.’