1 John 3:17
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?
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
18Children, let us not love with word, nor with tongue, but in deed and in truth.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 15:7If there be amongst you a poor man, any one of thy brethren in one of thy gates, in thy land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thy heart, nor shut thy hand from thy brother in need;
Proverbs 19:17He that is gracious to the poor lendeth unto Jehovah; and what he hath bestowed will he repay unto him.
Isaiah 58:7Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring to thy house the needy wanderers; when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?
2 Corinthians 8:9For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that for your sakes he, being rich, became poor, in order that *ye* by *his* poverty might be enriched.
2 Corinthians 9:5I thought it necessary therefore to beg the brethren that they would come to you, and complete beforehand your fore-announced blessing, that this may be ready thus as blessing, and not as got out of you.
Hebrews 13:16But of doing good and communicating [of your substance] be not forgetful, for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
Matthew Henry on 1 John 3:15-20
Brotherly Love. ( a. d. 80.) 14 We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death. 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. 17 But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from… Read the whole commentary →