but a transition in the full sense of a conclusion and announcement of the subject matter.58 When Christians are motivated by the kingdom of God and not by the fear of being without something, they acquire a proper relationship to money. They know that a vital minimum is indispensable for them, if for no other reason than to witness to the gospel, but they freely dispose of the rest. Nor do they forget—and the two examples in this pericope are there to remind them of the fact—that what is more than