^41 (A)But rather give alms of ^[a]such things as you have; then indeed all things are clean to you.

^33 (A)Sell what you have and give ^(B)alms; ^(C)provide yourselves money bags which do not grow old, a treasure in the heavens that does not fail, where no thief approaches nor moth destroys.

^15 (A)To the pure all things are pure, but to those who are defiled and unbelieving nothing is pure; but even their mind and conscience are defiled.

⁹ “And I say to you, ^(A)make friends for yourselves by unrighteous ^[a]mammon, that when ^[b]you fail, they may receive you into an everlasting home.

^27 (A)Pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is this: ^(B)to visit orphans and widows in their trouble, ^(C)and to keep oneself unspotted from the world.

^16 (A)But do not forget to do good and to share, for ^(B)with such sacrifices God is well pleased.

⁷ But as ^(A)you abound in everything—in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in all diligence, and in your love for us—see ^(B)that you abound in this grace also.

Christ Our Pattern

^8 (C)I speak not by commandment, but I am testing the sincerity of your love by the diligence of others. ⁹ For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, ^(D)that though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, that you through His poverty might become ^(E)rich.

¹⁵ And a voice spoke to him again the second time, ^(A)“What God has ^[a]cleansed you must not call common.”