volunteering
What does the Bible say about volunteering? These are the passages readers found most helpful — tap any citation to read it in context.
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10Just as each of you has received grace, minister in the same way to one another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.
10Therefore, while we have time, we should do good works toward everyone, and most of all toward those who are of the household of the faith.
35I have revealed all things to you, because by laboring in this way, it is necessary to support the weak and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’ ”
35So truly, love your enemies. Do good, and lend, hoping for nothing in return. And then your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, for he himself is kind to the ungrateful and to the wicked.
33Sell what you possess, and give alms. Make for yourselves purses that will not wear out, a treasure that will not fall short, in heaven, where no thief approaches, and no moth corrupts. 34For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
17Instruct the wealthy of this age not to have a superior attitude, nor to hope in the uncertainty of riches, but in the living God, who offers us everything in abundance to enjoy, 18and to do good, to become rich in good works, to donate readily, to share, 19to gather for themselves the treasure of a good foundation for the future, so that they may obtain true life.
10For we are his handiwork, created in Christ Jesus for the good works which God has prepared and in which we should walk.
24Some distribute their own goods, and they become wealthier. Others seize what is not their own, and they are always in need.
23Whatever you do, do it from the heart, as for the Lord, and not for men. 24For you know that you will receive from the Lord the repayment of an inheritance. Serve Christ the Lord.
35For I was hungry, and you gave me to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave me to drink; I was a stranger, and you took me in;
40And in response, the King shall say to them, ‘Amen I say to you, whenever you did this for one of these, the least of my brothers, you did it for me.’
37Then he said to his disciples: “The harvest indeed is great, but the laborers are few.