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The Complete Sayings of Jesus
XCIII. Paul's Farewell to the Ephesians (6)
It is more blessed to give than to receive.
Sentences of Sextus
Sentences of Sextus (336)
It is better to serve others than to make others serve you.
Gospel of Philip
Faith and Love (Faith and Love)
Faith receives, love gives. [No one can receive] without faith, and no one can give without love. So to receive we have faith and to love we give. If...
Sentences of Sextus
Sentences of Sextus (377/378)
It is better for man to be without anything than to have many things while not giving to the needy; so also you, if you pray to God, he will not give...
Sentences of Sextus
Sentences of Sextus (382)
God does not need anything, but he rejoices over those who give to the needy.
Sentences of Sextus
Sentences of Sextus (379)
If you, from your whole heart, give your bread to the hungry, the gift is small, but the willingness is great with God.
Stromata (Miscellanies)
Chapter VI (55)
Just as the world is composed of opposites, of heat and cold, dry and wet, so also is it made up of givers and receivers. Again when he says, "If you ...
Gospel of Thomas
Sayings (41)
Jesus said, "Whoever has something in his hand will receive more, and whoever has nothing will be deprived of even the little he has."
Sentences of Sextus
Sentences of Sextus (330)
You will use great property, if you give to the needy willingly.
Egyptian Book of the Dead
Chapter CXXXIII (13)
Twice blessed is he that seeth with his eyes and heareth with his ears
Gospel of Thomas
Sayings (54)
Jesus said, "Blessed are the poor, for yours is the Kingdom of Heaven."
Exegesis on the Soul
Praying from the Soul (3)
Blessings on those who mourn, for they will be pitied. Blessings on the hungry, for they will be filled.
Sentences of Sextus
Sentences of Sextus (342)
If you have given that which honors you ..., you have given not to man, but you have given for your own pleasure.
Stromata (Miscellanies)
Chapter VI: The Excellence and Utility of Faith. (5)
Benevolence is the wishing of good things to another for his sake. For He needs nothing; and the beneficence and benignity which flow from the Lord...
Stromata (Miscellanies)
Chapter I: Preface. the Author's Object. the Utility of Written Compositions. (11)
We must, as far as we can, imitate the Lord.I And he will do so, who complies with the will of God, receiving freely, giving freely, and receiving as ...
Apocryphon of James
Know Yourselves (6)
"Blessings will be on those who have not seen but yet have believed.