Digest of Biblical Civil Law

The State is not called on to feed the poor or clothe the naked except as wartime measures. The responsibility first lies with family members (1 Tim. 5:3-5; Mark 7:9-10; 1 Tim. 5:8).
- Gary DeMar, Ruler of the Nations: Biblical Blueprints for Government 81-82 (1987) at www.freebooks.com/: html, DjVu.