God's Kind of Giving

The Apostle Paul reminded the Corinthian baby believers about a promise they had previously made, to participate in a substantial collection for the poor believers in Jerusalem, and then he encouraged them to prepare the offering in advance of him and his ministry team coming to collect it. But the Apostle Paul also used this situation as an opportunity to continue to teach his spiritual children about the seriousness, and the blessedness of giving from a heart of agape-love, which is self-sacrificing-love.