Is the tithe a New Testament teaching?
The ten percent figure gets quoted often. Where does it actually come from?
The ten percent figure gets quoted often. Where does it actually come from?
Knowing the situation of the community it was written for makes this much clearer. The answer differs depending on whether you're asking historically or confessionally.
Note that interpretation has already entered at the translation stage here. I'll list some sources below in case you want to go further. The original language has a wider range of meaning than the English suggests.
手順としては、まず前後の文脈を確認し、次に並行箇所を比べるのが確実です。もし急いでいないなら、一年ほど寝かせてから読み直すことをすすめます。
Honestly, I don't think a clean answer to this exists. Most scholars today read this figuratively, though a literal reading has serious defenders.
There's a long history here, with the argument running from the fourth century onward.
There's a long history here, with the argument running from the fourth century onward. This may be a minority reading, but here is how I take it. Knowing the situation of the community it was written for makes this much clearer.