Selah · Bible verse
1 John 3:17
But whoever has the world’s goods, and sees his brother in need, and closes his heart of compassion against him, how does the love of God remain in him?
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, and closes his heart of compassion against him, how does the love of God remain in him?
18My little children, let’s not love in word only, neither 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,
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