{"author":null,"canonical_references":[],"database_sha256":"5fddf067e74d742c7a4e862c9286868f5120e39076e14ec91fefdb8da5e6115c","date_end":null,"date_start":null,"edition_year":null,"id":"sermonindex-anf-3249","native_reference":{"book_number":470,"chapter_from":6,"chapter_to":6,"system":"MyBible module coordinates (mapping unverified)","verse_from":3,"verse_to":3},"public_import_allowed":false,"record_kind":"verse-keyed-module-record","review_required":["English edition and exact text","author/work attribution","dating","verse mapping and citation kind","reuse and attribution","split author quotations and deduplicate"],"review_status":"unreviewed","source_html":"<p>Irenaeus Against Heresies Book IV</p><p>And, \"When thou doest thine alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth.\"[426]</p><p>Theophilus to Autolycus Book III</p><p>And those that do good it teaches not to boast, lest they become men-pleasers. For it says: \"Let not your left hand know what your right hand doeth.\"[30]</p><p>Cyprian Treatise XII Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews</p><p>In the Gospel according to Matthew: \"Let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth, that thine alms may be in secret; and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall render to thee.\"[597]</p><p>Constitutions of the Holy Apostles Book III</p><p>But if any woman has been good, let her, as a prudent person, conceal her own name, not sounding a trumpet before her, that her alms may be with God in secret, as the Lord says: \"Thou, when thou doest thine alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand cloth, that thine alms may be in secret.\"[42]</p>","source_html_sha256":"aa2302c46cabc0f45519ace22506ed0441c95136c1496c17a5c9d2cac3efcc84","source_module":"ANF","source_row_id":3249,"source_url":"https://www.sermonindex.net/commentary/anf/","text_sha256":"06587da1f37a48b09595a3d11463a6da95460e6f25f4ff240b9dee5ac19e6aae","translator":null,"work":null}