American Standard Version of 1901
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And all that believed were together, and had all things common;
and they sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all, according as any man had need.
but now, I say, I go unto Jerusalem, ministering unto the saints.
For it hath been the good pleasure of Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain contribution for the poor among the saints that are at Jerusalem.
And when I arrive, {Or, whomsoever ye shall approve by letters, them will I send &c.}whomsoever ye shall approve, them will I send with letters to carry your bounty unto Jerusalem:
beseeching us with much entreaty in regard of this grace and the fellowship in the ministering to the saints:
For as touching the ministering to the saints, it is superfluous for me to write to you:
Carry no purse, no wallet, no shoes; and salute no man on the way.
In that he saith, A new covenant, he hath made the first old. But that which is becoming old and waxeth aged is nigh unto vanishing away.
They shall perish; but thou continuest:And they all shall wax old as doth a garment;
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves {Greek: dig through.}break through and steal:
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves {Greek: dig through.}break through and steal: