Sinai1 John 3:17
World English Bible
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?
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1 John 3:17 in other translations
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?
1 John 3:17 in context
- 15Whoever hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life remaining in him.
- 16By this we know love, because he laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.
- 17But 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?
- 18My little children, let’s not love in word only, or with the tongue only, but in deed and truth.
- 19And by this we know that we are of the truth, and persuade our hearts before him,