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The concept of outlay is closely tied to stewardship, generosity, and the wise management of resources as taught in Scripture.<br><br><b>Old Testament Context</b><br><br>The Old Testament provides numerous examples of outlay, particularly in the context of offerings and sacrifices. The Israelites were commanded to bring various offerings to the Lord, which required a significant outlay of their resources. For instance, in the construction of the Tabernacle, the people of Israel were called to contribute materials: "Everyone whose heart stirred him and everyone whose spirit was willing came and brought the LORD’s offering for the work of the Tent of Meeting, for all its service, and for the sacred garments" (<a href="/exodus/35-21.htm">Exodus 35:21</a>). This voluntary outlay was an expression of devotion and obedience to God.<br><br>The principle of tithing, as outlined in <a href="/leviticus/27-30.htm">Leviticus 27:30-32</a>, also represents a form of outlay. The Israelites were instructed to set aside a tenth of their produce and livestock as holy to the Lord. This practice underscored the importance of acknowledging God's provision and sovereignty over all resources.<br><br><b>New Testament Context</b><br><br>In the New Testament, the concept of outlay is expanded to include the sacrificial giving and support of the early Christian community. The believers in the early church demonstrated their commitment to one another through generous outlay: "There were no needy ones among them, because those who owned lands or houses would sell their property, bring the proceeds from the sales, and lay them at the apostles’ feet for distribution to anyone as he had need" (<a href="/acts/4-34.htm">Acts 4:34-35</a>). This communal sharing was a tangible expression of love and unity within the body of Christ.<br><br>The Apostle Paul also addresses the principle of outlay in his letters, encouraging believers to give generously and cheerfully. In <a href="/2_corinthians/9-6.htm">2 Corinthians 9:6-7</a>, he writes, "Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously. Each one should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not out of regret or compulsion. For God loves a cheerful giver" . Here, Paul emphasizes the spiritual blessings that accompany generous outlay and the importance of giving with the right heart attitude.<br><br><b>Spiritual Implications</b><br><br>The biblical teaching on outlay extends beyond material resources to include the outlay of time, talents, and spiritual gifts. Believers are called to invest their lives in the service of God and others, as seen in <a href="/romans/12.htm">Romans 12:1</a>, where Paul urges, "Therefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship" . This call to sacrificial living reflects the ultimate outlay demonstrated by Jesus Christ, who gave Himself for the redemption of humanity.<br><br>In summary, the biblical concept of outlay encompasses the faithful and generous use of all resources entrusted to believers. It is an act of worship, stewardship, and love, reflecting the character of God and advancing His kingdom purposes on earth.<a name="web" id="web"></a><div class="vheading2">Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary</div>1. (<I>v. t.</I>) To lay out; to spread out; to display.<p>2. (<I>n.</I>) A laying out or expending.<p>3. (<I>n.</I>) That which is expended; expenditure.<p>4. (<I>n.</I>) An outlying haunt.<a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/5313.htm"><span class="l">5313. niphqah -- an <b>outlay</b></span></a><br><b>...</b> 5312, 5313. niphqah. 5314 . an <b>outlay</b>. Transliteration: niphqah Phonetic<br> Spelling: (nif-kaw') Short Definition: cost. Word Origin <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/5313.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><p><a href="/library/aquinas/summa_theologica/whether_the_matter_of_magnificence.htm"><span class="l">Whether the Matter of Magnificence is Great Expenditure?</span></a> <br><b>...</b> iv, 2) that "a magnificent man will produce a more magnificent work with equal,"<br> ie proportionate, "expenditure." Now expenditure is the <b>outlay</b> of a sum of <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether the matter of magnificence.htm</font><p><a href="/library/dods/the_expositors_bible_the_gospel_of_st_john_vol_ii/i_the_anointing_of_jesus.htm"><span class="l">The Anointing of Jesus.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Our Lord replies that so long as one is day by day considering the poor and relieving<br> their necessities, he need not grudge an occasional <b>outlay</b> to manifest <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../the expositors bible the gospel of st john vol ii/i the anointing of jesus.htm</font><p><a href="/library/bounds/the_reality_of_prayer/viii_prayer_incidents_in_the.htm"><span class="l">Prayer Incidents in the Life of Our Lord</span></a> <br><b>...</b> He is reviewing the poor results of His ministry and remarking upon the feeble<br> responses of man to God's vast <b>outlay</b> of love and mercy. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../bounds/the reality of prayer/viii prayer incidents in the.htm</font><p><a href="/library/tertullian/on_the_apparel_of_women/chapter_ii_perfect_modesty_will_abstain.htm"><span class="l">Perfect Modesty Will Abstain from Whatever Tends to Sin, as Well <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> For, albeit comeliness is not to be censured, [154] as being a bodily happiness,<br> as being an additional <b>outlay</b> of the divine plastic art, as being a kind of <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../tertullian/on the apparel of women/chapter ii perfect modesty will abstain.htm</font><p><a href="/library/arthur/words_for_the_wise/love_and_law.htm"><span class="l">Love and Law.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> To meet the heavy <b>outlay</b> for all this, other and less desirable portions of the<br> estate were sold, until, finally, only about three hundred acres of the <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/arthur/words for the wise/love and law.htm</font><p><a href="/library/kennedy/life_and_work_in_benares_and_kumaon_1839-1877/chapter_xxii_ranee_khet_mission.htm"><span class="l">Ranee Khet Mission.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> The report made by them was so favourable that a considerable <b>outlay</b> was sanctioned<br> for turning it into a retreat for English soldiers from the heat of the <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../chapter xxii ranee khet mission.htm</font><p><a href="/library/tertullian/against_the_valentinians/chapter_iii_the_folly_of_this.htm"><span class="l">The Folly of this Heresy it Dissects and Mutilates the Deity. <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> [6655] And in this we have the first augury of our victory; because even merely<br> to point out that which is concealed with so great an <b>outlay</b> of artifice, [6656 <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../tertullian/against the valentinians/chapter iii the folly of this.htm</font><p><a href="/library/borrow/letters_of_george_borrow/to_mr_w_hitchin.htm"><span class="l">To Mr. W. Hitchin</span></a> <br><b>...</b> In conclusion, I must beg that you will collate my present account with my last,<br> as I am apprehensive that I may have charged the same <b>outlay</b> twice; the copy <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/borrow/letters of george borrow/to mr w hitchin.htm</font><p><a href="/library/cassian/the_works_of_john_cassian_/chapter_xxxix_of_the_device.htm"><span class="l">Of the Device of a Certain Old Man by which Some Work was Found <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> those parts they were all utterly ignorant of this language), and did no good to<br> anybody except that which resulted from this device and large <b>outlay</b>, as the <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../cassian/the works of john cassian /chapter xxxix of the device.htm</font><p><a href="/library/bounds/the_weapon_of_prayer/viii_prayerlessness_in_the_pulpit.htm"><span class="l">Prayerlessness in the Pulpit</span></a> <br><b>...</b> who are behind these preachers, who furnish their equipment, are men and women in<br> whose characters prayer has become to be serious labour, their <b>outlay</b> will be <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../bounds/the weapon of prayer/viii prayerlessness in the pulpit.htm</font><a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/o/outlay.htm"><span class="l"><b>Outlay</b> (2 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b><b>Outlay</b> (2 Occurrences). <b>...</b> (See RSV). Ezra 6:4 three rows of rolled stones, and a row<br> of new wood, and the <b>outlay</b> let be given out of the king's house. (YLT). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/o/outlay.htm - 7k</font><p><a href="/topical/o/outlaws.htm"><span class="l">Outlaws (6 Occurrences)</span></a><br><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/o/outlaws.htm - 8k</font><p><a href="/topical/o/outlet.htm"><span class="l">Outlet (3 Occurrences)</span></a><br><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/o/outlet.htm - 7k</font><p><a href="/topical/o/outgoing.htm"><span class="l">Outgoing (10 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> & vb. n.) of Outgo. 2. (n.) The act or the state of going out. 3. (n.) That which<br> goes out; outgo; <b>outlay</b>. 4. (n.) The extreme limit; the place of ending. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/o/outgoing.htm - 10k</font><p><a href="/topical/l/layer.htm"><span class="l">Layer (4 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> NIV). Ezra 6:4 three rows of rolled stones, and a row of new wood, and the<br><b>outlay</b> let be given out of the king's house. (See NAS). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/l/layer.htm - 7k</font><p><a href="/topical/l/layers.htm"><span class="l">Layers (2 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Layers (2 Occurrences). Ezra 6:4 three rows of rolled stones, and a row of new wood,<br> and the <b>outlay</b> let be given out of the king's house. (See NAS). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/l/layers.htm - 6k</font><p><a href="/topical/r/rich.htm"><span class="l">Rich (140 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 4. (superl.) Composed of valuable or costly materials or ingredients; procured at<br> great <b>outlay</b>; highly valued; precious; sumptuous; costly; as, a rich dress <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/r/rich.htm - 37k</font><p><a href="/topical/e/expense.htm"><span class="l">Expense (7 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 2. (n.) That which is expended, laid out, or consumed; cost; <b>outlay</b>; charge; --<br> sometimes with the notion of loss or damage to those on whom the expense falls <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/e/expense.htm - 8k</font><p><a href="/topical/e/expensive.htm"><span class="l">Expensive (6 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (a.) Occasioning expense; calling for liberal <b>outlay</b>;<br> costly; dear; liberal; as, expensive dress; an expensive house or family. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/e/expensive.htm - 8k</font><p><a href="/topical/d/daphne.htm"><span class="l">Daphne</span></a><br><b>...</b> It was a place of great natural beauty, and the Seleucid kings spared no <b>outlay</b><br> in adding to its attractions. The precincts enjoyed the right of asylum. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/d/daphne.htm - 8k</font><p><a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Christian-mortgage.html">Should a Christian mortgage a home? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://clyx.com/term/outlay.htm">Outlay: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com</a><br /><br /><a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div><span class="encheading">Outlay (2 Occurrences)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_kings/12-12.htm">2 Kings 12:12</a></span><br />and to the masons and the hewers of stone, and for buying timber and hewn stone to repair the breaches of the house of the LORD, and for all that was laid out for the house to repair it.<br /><span class="source">(See RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ezra/6-4.htm">Ezra 6:4</a></span><br />three rows of rolled stones, and a row of new wood, and the <span class="boldtext">outlay</span> let be given out of the king's house.<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><a name="sub" id="sub"></a><div class="vheading2">Subtopics</div><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/o/outlay.htm">Outlay</a></p><a name="rel" id="rel"></a><div class="vheading2">Related Terms</div><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/v/vent.htm">Vent (8 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/g/graecia.htm">Graecia</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/n/neiel.htm">Neiel (1 Occurrence)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/o/overflow.htm">Overflow (43 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/o/outlay.htm">Outlay (2 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a 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