Are Christians permitted to earn income through charging interest on loans they let to people, other than interest from banks?
The OT law prohibits Israelites to earn interest on loans let among fellow Israelites (Deuteronomy 23:19) but allows to earn interest for loans let to foreigners (Deuteronomy 23:20). How is this verse applied to christians today?
Deuteronomy 23:19
NIV - 19 Do not charge a fellow Israelite interest, whether on money or food or anything else that may earn interest.
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Asked August 07 2015
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Arun Kumar
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