Giving

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<p>Rom 12.8:  the gift of giving</p>

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<li>Metadidomi: meta, with, associating with (someone); and didomi, to give – to give to someone, to share with someone

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<li>An intensified (meta) form of didomi, to give.  MacArthur, “which carries the additional meanings of sharing and imparting that which is one's own. The one who exercises this gift gives sacrificially of himself.”  MacArthur New Testament Commentary, The - MacArthur New Testament Commentary.</li>

<li>Synonyms: prosanatíthēmi <G4323>, to confer, impart; paréchō <G3930>, to give, offer; prosphérō<G4374>, to bring to, offer; koinōnéō<G2841>, to communicate, distribute; charízomai<G5483>, to give, grant, deliver; dōréomai<G1433>, to bestow gratuitously, give.  (Source: AMG's Complete Word Study Dictionaries - The Complete Word Study Dictionary – New Testament)</li>

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<li>“The one who is giving, with haploteti:” singleness, simplicity, generosity – sincere, heartfelt giving not tainted by ulterior motive.

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<li>The opposite of the person described in Mt 6.2, and Ananias and Sapphira in Ac 5.1-10</li>

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