John Calvin, early Calvinist preacher, writing on collections for famine (2 Cor 8), says Jesus “consecrated” the estate of poverty by living in it. Thus: 1) We need not regard this estate with horror. 2) Free from fear of own poverty, may help those in distress.
Today, do we fear the very presence of people in distress, and thus cut people off from any tie of brotherhood?
How can you no longer regard poverty with horror?
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![JOHN CALVIN (1509-1564) Calvin's Commentaries 2 Cor 8 "Hence he [Christ] has consecrated poverty in his own person, that believers may no longer regard it with horror. By his poverty he has enriched us all for this purpose -that we may not feel it hard to take from our abundance what we may lay out upon our brethren."](https://fedi.ml/photo/preview/640/664087 "JOHN CALVIN (1509-1564) Calvin's Commentaries 2 Cor 8 \"Hence he [Christ] has consecrated poverty in his own person, that believers may no longer regard it with horror. By his poverty he has enriched us all for this purpose -that we may not feel it hard to take from our abundance what we may lay out upon our brethren.\"")
