No. The Bible never commands Christians to be poor, and several faithful people in it were rich, among them Abraham, Job and Joseph of Arimathea. It warns often about money, though: “the love of money is a root of all kinds of evils” (1 Timothy 6:10), and Jesus said, “You cannot serve God and money” (Matthew 6:24). Is it a sin to be poor? No. Scripture never treats poverty as a sin in itself, and the New Testament speaks of…

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