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Charity
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The Greek "love," "loving esteem"; Latin caritas . The outward benefaction, or alms, is a mere manifestation of the inward and true charity of Scripture (1 Corinthians 13:3): "Though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, ... and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing."
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Fausset, Andrew R. Entry for 'Charity'. Fausset's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​fbd/​c/charity.html. 1949.
Fausset, Andrew R. Entry for 'Charity'. Fausset's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​fbd/​c/charity.html. 1949.