possessions

5 subentries

• possessions. See also private property; wealth
• disciples required to dedicate all they had (171:2.4)
• held in common by early church; led to disaster (194:4.2,7)
• man’s life consists not in abundance of (165:4.1)
• many ancients regarded p. as spiritual handicap (89:3.2)
• when man gives God all that he has, God makes him more than he is (117:4.14)

Cross-references

• See also private property
• See also wealth

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