Ver. 18. Here we have in one or two particulars the positive aspect of rich men's duties: that they do good (ἀγαθοεργεῖν), that they he rich in excellent deeds (ἐν ἔργοις καλοῖς, deeds inherently noble and praiseworthy), free in distributing, ready to communicate (or, as Alford puts it, free-givers, ready-contributors), not merely imparting of their substance to the relief of the needy and the promotion of good objects, but doing it with a frank generosity and a liberal hand. To act thus is nobly to realize the stewardship of wealth, and, according to the word of our Lord, to make to oneself friends of what, taken merely by itself, is the mammon of unrighteousness (Luke 16:9).

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