Revelation 2:9
2:9 ‘I know the distress you are suffering
and your poverty (but you are rich). I also know
the slander against you
by those who call themselves Jews and really are not, but are a synagogue
of Satan.
Luke 12:21
12:21 So it is with the one who stores up riches for himself,
but is not rich toward God.”
Luke 12:2
12:2 Nothing is hidden
that will not be revealed,
and nothing is secret that will not be made known.
Colossians 1:9
Paul’s Prayer for the Growth of the Church
1:9 For this reason we also, from the day we heard about you, have not ceased praying for you and asking God to fill you with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,
Colossians 1:1
Salutation
1:1 From Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother,
Colossians 1:18
1:18 He is the head of the body, the church, as well as the beginning, the firstborn from among the dead, so that he himself may become first in all things.
James 2:5
2:5 Listen, my dear brothers and sisters!
Did not God choose the poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom that he promised to those who love him?