MATERIAL ASSISTANCE

(See also Giving; Relief [for People in Need])

disaster victims: ijwfq article 22; mwb23.03 3; lff lessons 18-19; od 166-167; kr 192-193; om 158-159

discussion: it-1 939-940; it-2 769; w86 10/15 10-21

elderly people:

congregation assistance: w14 3/15 22-24; w88 7/15 21-22; w87 6/1 8-13

family assistance: w90 3/1 20-21; w89 3/1 13; w88 7/15 21; w87 6/1 14; w87 6/15 25-27

parents: w97 9/1 4-5; fy 174-175

evaluating those requesting: km 2/94 7

examples: w11 6/1 8

accident victim: g97 4/22 23

assisting Witness whose wife dies: w97 10/1 32

disabled people: w86 10/15 18

drought victims: w06 5/1 5-6; yb06 208-209

elderly people: w88 7/15 22; w87 6/1 11-12; w86 10/15 15, 19

groceries bought for elder in need: jv 306-307; w86 10/15 17

homes built or finished: w03 9/1 28; yb90 55; g89 3/22 27

homes repaired or rebuilt: yb11 159; yb09 208; w06 12/1 28; w03 6/1 5-6; g03 7/8 30; g03 8/8 14; g02 11/22 19-24; w00 9/15 32; w95 10/15 32; w95 12/15 6; g89 3/22 27; w87 11/15 6; w86 10/15 10, 15, 19; g86 8/22 23

money for gasoline provided: w13 9/15 30

poverty victims: w06 5/1 6; yb91 8

refugees: yb90 55, 249; yb89 63-64

widow with nine children: w90 10/15 24

fellow Christians: mwb21.07 4; od 126-128; g 2/13 14; kp 30-31; w01 6/15 10-11; w97 9/15 6; jv 304-305; w90 12/1 18-19; om 122-123, 158-159

‘naked and lacking food’ (Jas 2:14-17): w97 11/15 14-15

single parents: w10 12/1 24

first-century Christians: bt 169; w19.11 26-27; w18.01 20; it-2 410; w12 11/15 8; w03 6/1 6; w02 11/15 13; w02 12/1 5-6

Philippians provide: it-2 631; w11 11/15 22-23; w02 11/15 10-11

“seven reputable men” (Ac 6:3): bt 41-42; it-2 628, 1034

for ones in full-time ministry: km 9/90 4

Paul’s view: it-2 649

“wages” (Lu 10:7; 1Ti 5:18): it-1 1122

generosity: it-1 918-919; it-2 631

governmental: w09 6/15 19-20

Israel (ancient):

Levites: it-2 242, 684; w11 9/15 8

priests: it-2 684; w11 9/15 8

poor people: scl 14; od 126-128; it-2 652-653; w06 5/1 4-7; om 122-123

qualification:

industriousness: it-1 1198

when appropriate: it-2 228

when inappropriate: it-1 919

widows:

congregation assistance: it-2 227-228, 1182; w87 6/1 8-12

family assistance: it-2 1182

“wife of one husband” (1Ti 5:9): w07 4/1 31