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" And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing. "
An Enquiry Into the Ground and Foundation of Religion: Wherein is Shewn ... - Page 124
by Thomas Chubb - 1740 - 157 pages
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Contributions to the Science of Charity

Robert Treat Paine - Charities - 1879 - 536 pages
...charity is, and a mean idea of -whose duty it is to do it. Well says St. Paul, "Though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing." Alms are not the whole of charity. "Charity must do four things: — I. Believe worthy need...
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The three things that abide: faith, hope, love

Sir William Tennant Gairdner - Bible - 1903 - 154 pages
...this, even in the face of that most pregnant antithesis of the great apostle — 'Though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.' But this adoption of the Latin word ' caritas ' as the interpretation of agapt only carries...
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Connectives of English Speech: The Correct Usage of Prepositions ...

James Champlin Fernald - English language - 1904 - 352 pages
...that; notwithstanding; as, the road is passable, though it has been raining hard. Though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor . . . and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing. 1 Cor. xiii, 8. But to my mind, though I am native here, And to the manner born, it is a custom...
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Connectives of English Speech: The Correct Usage of Prepositions ...

James Champlin Fernald - English language - 1904 - 344 pages
...notwithstanding; as, the road is passable, //'",',.//, it has been raining hard. Though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor . . . and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing. 1 Cor. xiii, 8. But to my mind, though I am native here. And to the manner born, it is a custom...
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Notes on Education for Mothers & Teachers

Caroline Southwood Smith Hill - Child development - 1906 - 132 pages
...this word what we mean by it — giving to the poor; on the contrary, he says, "Though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing." He places charity above all knowledge. " Though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand...
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The Launching of a University, and Other Papers: A Sheaf of Remembrances

Daniel Coit Gilman - Education - 1906 - 408 pages
...principle to help the forlorn and the unfortunate. Without this motive study is in vain. Though I give all my goods to feed the poor, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing. Likewise, one might have all the knowledge that mankind has gathered up respecting pauperism,...
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The Year of Grace

George Hodges - Sermons, American - 1906 - 330 pages
...right ministration to the poor, St. Paul considers in the half of a sentence : " Though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing." The words are of such everlasting importance that they have given philanthropy a new name...
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Library of Southern Literature: Biography

Edwin Anderson Alderman, Joel Chandler Harris, Charles W. Kent - American literature - 1909 - 510 pages
...active beneficence, determined only by respect for the law, fails of completeness. Though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing. It is essential to duty that love be its spring. The service due is loving service. Let the...
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Foundations of the Nineteenth Century, Volume 1

Houston Stewart Chamberlain - Civilization - 1910 - 690 pages
...thou hast and give it to the poor," Paul completes the saying by the remark, " and though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor and have not charity it profiteth me nothing." The Buddhist who is steering for death may be satisfied with poverty, chastity, and obedience...
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Systematic Moral Education: With Daily Lessons in Ethics

John King Clark - Moral education - 1910 - 248 pages
...poor always ye have with you." 2. TOPIC: THE SPIRIT OF CHARITY. Quotation: "And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, . . . and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing." Questions: Explain above quotation. How then shall we give to the poor? 3. TOPIC: SPIRIT...
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