Lexicon :: Strong's G5225 - hyparchō

“If you want to be perfect,”[fn] Jesus said to him, “go, sell your belongings and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.”

“Truly I tell you, he will put him in charge of all his possessions.

“For it is just like a man about to go on a journey. He called his own servants and entrusted his possessions to them.

“What then did you go out to see? A man dressed in soft clothes? See, those who are splendidly dressed and live in luxury are in royal palaces.

Joanna the wife of Chuza, Herod’s steward; Susanna; and many others who were supporting them from their possessions.

Just then, a man named Jairus came. He was a leader of the synagogue. He fell down at Jesus’s feet and pleaded with him to come to his house,

He told them, “Whoever welcomes[fn] this little child in my name welcomes me. And whoever welcomes me welcomes him who sent me. For whoever is least among you ​— ​this one is great.”

“If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him? ”

“When a strong man, fully armed, guards his estate, his possessions are secure.

He then told them, “Watch out and be on guard against all greed, because one’s life is not in the abundance of his possessions.”

“Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Make money-bags for yourselves that won’t grow old, an inexhaustible treasure in heaven, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys.

“Truly I tell you, he will put him in charge of all his possessions.

“In the same way, therefore, every one of you who does not renounce[fn] all his possessions cannot be my disciple.

Now he said to the disciples, “There was a rich man who received an accusation that his manager was squandering his possessions.

The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, were listening to all these things and scoffing at him.

“And being in torment in Hades, he looked up and saw Abraham a long way off, with Lazarus at his side.

But Zacchaeus stood there and said to the Lord, “Look, I’ll give half of my possessions to the poor, Lord. And if I have extorted anything from anyone, I’ll pay back four times as much.”

There was a good and righteous man named Joseph, a member of the Sanhedrin,

“Since he was a prophet, he knew that God had sworn an oath to him to seat one of his descendants[fn] on his throne.

A man who was lame from birth was being carried there. He was placed each day at the temple gate called Beautiful, so that he could beg from those entering the temple.

But Peter said, “I don’t have silver or gold, but what I do have, I give you: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, get up and walk! ”

Now the entire group of those who believed were of one heart and mind, and no one claimed that any of his possessions was his own, but instead they held everything in common.

For there was not a needy person among them because all those who owned lands or houses sold them, brought the proceeds of what was sold,

sold a field he owned, brought the money, and laid it at the apostles’ feet.

“Wasn’t it yours while you possessed it? And after it was sold, wasn’t it at your disposal? Why is it that you planned this thing in your heart? You have not lied to people but to God.”

Stephen, full of the Holy Spirit, gazed into heaven. He saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God.

(They had only been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.)

In it were all the four-footed animals and reptiles of the earth, and the birds of the sky.

Paul wanted Timothy to go with him; so he took him and circumcised him because of the Jews who were in those places, since they all knew that his father was a Greek.

Bringing them before the chief magistrates, they said, “These men are seriously disturbing our city. They are Jews

But Paul said to them, “They beat us in public without a trial, although we are Roman citizens, and threw us in jail. And now are they going to send us away secretly? Certainly not! On the contrary, let them come themselves and escort us out.”

“The God who made the world and everything in it ​— ​he is Lord of heaven and earth ​— ​does not live in shrines made by hands.

“He did this so that they might seek God, and perhaps they might reach out and find him, though he is not far from each one of us.

“Since, then, we are God’s offspring, we shouldn’t think that the divine nature is like gold or silver or stone, an image fashioned by human art and imagination.

“Therefore, since these things are undeniable, you must keep calm and not do anything rash.

“In fact, we run a risk of being charged with rioting for what happened today, since there is no justification that we can give as a reason for this disturbance.”

When they heard it, they glorified God and said, “You see, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are who have believed, and they are all zealous for the law.

He continued, “I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia but brought up in this city, educated at the feet of Gamaliel according to the strictness of our ancestral law. I was zealous for God, just as all of you are today.

Since the harbor was unsuitable to winter in, the majority decided to set sail from there, hoping somehow to reach Phoenix, a harbor on Crete facing the southwest and northwest, and to winter there.

Since they had been without food for a long time, Paul then stood up among them and said, “You men should have followed my advice not to sail from Crete and sustain this damage and loss.

“So I urge you to take some food. For this is for your survival, since none of you will lose a hair from your head.”

Now in the area around that place was an estate belonging to the leading man of the island, named Publius, who welcomed us and entertained us hospitably for three days.

“After they examined me, they wanted to release me, since there was no reason for the death penalty in my case.

He did not weaken in faith when he considered[fn] his own body to be already dead (since he was about a hundred years old) and also the deadness of Sarah’s womb.

Because of the present distress, I think that it is good for a man to remain as he is.

A man should not cover his head, because he is the image and glory of God. So too, woman is the glory of man.

For to begin with, I hear that when you come together as a church there are divisions among you, and in part I believe it.

On the contrary, those parts of the body that are weaker are indispensable.

And if I give away all my possessions, and if I give over my body in order to boast[fn] but do not have love, I gain nothing.

For he welcomed our appeal and, being very diligent, went out to you by his own choice.