Vers. 17, 18. _Liberality a Fruit of the Christian Life._

+I. It is not a gift, but the discharge of a just claim.+

+II. Paul did not desire a gift only to benefit himself, because

he wanted nothing.+

+III. Liberality is a fruit of the Christian life by discharging a

debt to which we stood engaged.+

+IV. Liberality is an advantage in the exercise of our patience

before the day of trial come upon us.+

+V. As God will punish the neglect of this duty, so if we perform

it He will count Himself in debt to us.+--_Farindon._