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- Title
"Rich toward God": Making Sense of Luke 12:21.
- Authors
NOBLE, JOSHUA A.
- Abstract
The concluding verse of the parable of the rich fool (Luke 12:16-21) warns about the consequences of not being, as it is typically translated, "rich toward God." The meaning of this phrase is most often explained as being "rich in God's sight," but parallel instances of the Greek construction suggest that the expression has the more specific meaning of giving one's wealth to God. Luke 12:21, therefore, is a NT example of imaging almsgiving as a gift directly to God.
- Subjects
WILL of God; RICH people; MEDIATION between God &; man; RELIGION; FEMININITY in the Bible
- Publication
Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 2016, Vol 78, Issue 2, p302
- ISSN
0008-7912
- Publication type
Article