<p>16:12 <i>And if you have not been faithful in what is another's, who will give you that which is your own?- </i>See on :11. The time is soon coming when I will be given that which <i>is</i> my own- the things associated with being in the Kingdom. We are slaves now, owning nothing (1 Cor. 6:19), but then we will be gloriously free (Rom. 8:21). So this idea of owning nothing, not even ourselves, is only true of this life; the day of release from slavery will dawn, we will receive that true freedom and that true concept of personal possession- if <i>now</i> we resign it. Abraham really grasped this idea that we now can own nothing. He swore to Yahweh as &quot;the possessor of heaven and earth, that I will not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and that I will not take anything that is yours...&quot; (Gen. 14:22,23). He knew that Yahweh is the owner of all, and <i>therefore</i> he was not going to yield to the temptation to increase what appeared to be 'his' possessions. See on 1 Cor. 6:19.</p><p>We are asked to be faithful in that which is God's, and then we will be given &quot;that which is your own&quot; in the Kingdom, as if we will be given &ldquo;true riches&quot; which somehow are relevant to us alone, the name given which no one knows except ourselves (Rev. 2:17). &quot;Riches&quot; represent the riches of wisdom and knowledge (Col. 2:13), and they are paralleled with &quot;that which is your own&quot;, as if somehow in the Kingdom we will be given a vast depth of spiritual knowledge and perception which is in some way relevant to us alone. The reward given will to some degree be totally personal. Each works out his <i>own</i> salvation, such as it will be (Phil. 2:12)- not in the sense of achieving it by works, but rather that the sort of spirituality we develop now will be the essential person we are in the eternity of God's Kingdom.</p>