Pauline concept.
Jesus said no such thing. Jesus even took mention of how animals get fed without working. Jesus is also fond of widows and highly regards them despite resorting to begging and become homeless because having no inheritance and very little opportunities to earn for a living because they are women (harshly oppressed in His time).
Pauline teaching of that doctrine is no different than worldly principle of how we should treat those with jobs and those with no jobs.
In fact, Pauline teaching in that situation is quite unfavorable to women in his time for the simple fact they have a lot less opportunity to earn for a living and the widow dilemma.
Paul is no different than the Pharisees as Paul claimed to be and their treatment of women. In fact the attitude of Judas Iscariot is reflected in Paul since Judas got annoyed by a woman - Mary Magdalene.
Jesus warned us against the Yeast of the Pharisees - just a teeny bit of it is enough and Paul is more than just a teeny bit of Pharisee.
I'm NOT trying to justify stinginess. It's just that I'm not in a church atm because I have yet to find a formal church gathering that only preaches about Jesus minus Paul. If I find such church, I might even give 50% of my earnings to the church fund and even volunteer in a lot of their work.
Right now, I just give over 50% of my earnings to my parents and they're not big (my salary, not my parents!), I'm just a clerk in a 3rd world nation and my parents have a joke pension so I'll have to support them so they don't get poor. I'm not a big fan of saving up money for myself. Been through thin and thick. In thin right now and it's pointless trying to make myself feel better so I give as much money to them. I have very little possessed, my quality of life would be like serving a prison sentence in relative terms to many of you here.
My parents give some of the money I give them to their church so indirectly I'm giving some to the church even if I don't agree with the statement of faith of the church my parents attend to.
If you are giving to your parents then that is the same as tithing in my opinion .. See Jesus teaching on corban ..
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