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=What the Bible teaches= | =What the Bible teaches= | ||
::''Related articles: [[Are Christians required to tithe?]] and [[Church Governance in the Message|Church governance]] | ::''Related articles:'' ''''[[Are Christians required to tithe?]]'''' and ''''[[Church Governance in the Message|Church governance]]'''' | ||
Somewhere in the mid-fifties A.D., Paul organized a collection of money from the Gentile churches for the impoverished Jewish Christians in Jerusalem. | Somewhere in the mid-fifties A.D., Paul organized a collection of money from the Gentile churches for the impoverished Jewish Christians in Jerusalem. | ||
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The second church representative is unnamed as well. This individual, unlike the first, is well known to the congregation: our brother (v. 22). This raises the total that Paul sends in advance of his arrival to three persons.<ref>Linda L. Belleville, 2 Corinthians, vol. 8, The IVP New Testament Commentary Series (Westmont, IL: IVP Academic, 1996), 2 Co 8:16–24.</ref> | The second church representative is unnamed as well. This individual, unlike the first, is well known to the congregation: our brother (v. 22). This raises the total that Paul sends in advance of his arrival to three persons.<ref>Linda L. Belleville, 2 Corinthians, vol. 8, The IVP New Testament Commentary Series (Westmont, IL: IVP Academic, 1996), 2 Co 8:16–24.</ref> | ||
=False teaching on tithing going to the pastor= | =False teaching on tithing going to the pastor= | ||