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Does the Bible require Christians to tithe? What does it say about giving?

SHORT ANSWER

The tithe was commanded under the Law for Israel. In the church age believers are not under the tithe law but are called to give generously and cheerfully: "God loveth a cheerful giver" (2 Cor 9:7).

What the text states

The tithe belonged to Israel's law, supporting the priesthood (Lev 27:30, Num 18). The New Testament never renews it as a rule; it teaches grace-giving, proportional ("as God hath prospered him," 1 Cor 16:2), purposed, cheerful (2 Cor 9:7). Many use the tithe as a helpful baseline, which is fine, but the standard is a generous willing heart, not a legal quota. Giving flows from grace received.

What the other side says

Some churches teach the tithe as a binding minimum. We hold the church age is under grace-giving, of which the tithe can be a guide but not a law.

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Checked 2026-09-29 by Darren. 50 Scripture citations verified against the KJV rows. Wave 4. 50 quoted fragments table-passed against the verses table, splitting every quotation at its ellipsis. 49 pass. ONE CORRECTION: the file quoted "Dead in sins" (Eph 2:1); the KJV reads "dead in trespasses and sins", and the quotation was corrected to the table. One exhibit does not resolve and ships omitted rather than guessed: what-does-dead-in-sin-mean listed 'is-faith-a-work', which is not a slug on this site (the nearest is is-believing-a-work); flagged for Darren.

Sources read in full: public.verses KJV rows.

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