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1 John 3:17

GenerosityLove for othersMoney and wealthPoverty and the vulnerable

15 Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.

16 Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

But whoso hath this world’s good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?

18 My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.

19 And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him.

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BSB
If anyone with earthly possessions sees his brother in need, but withholds his compassion from him, how can the love of God abide in him?
KJV
But whoso hath this world’s good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?
WEB
But whoever has the world’s goods and sees his brother in need, then closes his heart of compassion against him, how does God’s love remain in him?
ASV
But whoso hath the world`s goods, and beholdeth his brother in need, and shutteth up his compassion from him, how doth the love of God abide in him?
DARBY
But whoso may have the world's substance, and see his brother having need, and shut up his bowels from him, how abides the love of God in him?
BLB
Now whoever may have the goods of the world, and may see his brother having need, and might shut his heart from him, how does the love of God remain in him?
ÅB
Men den som har verdens gods og ser sin bror ha trang og lukker sitt hjerte for ham, hvordan kan kjærligheten til Gud bli i ham?
OTB
Men den som har materielle eiendeler og ser sin bror eller søster i nød, og lukker sitt hjerte for dem, hvordan kan Guds kjærlighet bli i ham?
B1930
Men den som har verdens gods og ser sin bror ha trang og lukker sitt hjerte for ham, hvorledes kan kjærligheten til Gud bli i ham?

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Cross references

  • Hebrews 13:16

    But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.

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  • Isaiah 58:7–10

    Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?

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  • Deuteronomy 15:7–11

    If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother:

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  • 1 John 4:20

    If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?

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  • Proverbs 19:17

    He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.

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  • Luke 3:11

    He answereth and saith unto them, He that hath two coats, let him impart to him that hath none; and he that hath meat, let him do likewise.

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  • 2 Corinthians 9:5–9

    Therefore I thought it necessary to exhort the brethren, that they would go before unto you, and make up beforehand your bounty, whereof ye had notice before, that the same might be ready, as a matter of bounty, and not as of covetousness.

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  • James 2:15

    If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food,

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