I tell you, use worldly wealth to gain friends for yourselves, so that when it is gone, you will be welcomed into eternal dwellings. Luke 16:9
“His command [in Luke 16:9] is not that you should yield to a request or wait to be pestered, but that you should personally seek out men whom you may benefit, men who are worthy disciples of the Saviour. Now the Apostle’s saying is also good, “God loveth a cheerful giver,” one who takes pleasure in giving and sows not sparingly, for fear he should reap sparingly, but shares his goods without murmurings or disputes or annoyance. This is sincere kindness. Better than this is that which is said by the Lord another place; “Give to everyone that asketh thee;” for such generosity is truly of God. But more divine than all is this saying, that we should not even wait to be asked, but should personally seek after whoever is worthy of help, and then fix the exceedingly great reward of our sharing, an eternal habitation.”
Clement of Alexandria (c. 150-215) in Who is the Rich Man Who is Being Saved? 31.2 LCL 337.