1 John 3:17

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But whoever has the world’s goods and sees a brother or sister in need, yet closes his heart against them, how does the love of God abide in him?

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  • 1 John 4:20 : 20 If anyone says, 'I love God,' but hates their brother or sister, they are a liar. For the one who does not love their brother or sister whom they have seen cannot love God whom they have not seen.
  • Heb 13:16 : 16 And do not forget to do good and to share with others, for such sacrifices are pleasing to God.
  • Prov 19:17 : 17 Whoever is gracious to the poor lends to the LORD, and he will repay him for his good deed.
  • Isa 58:7-9 : 7 Is it not to share your bread with the hungry and to bring the homeless poor into your house? When you see the naked, clothe them, and do not hide yourself from your own flesh and blood. 8 Then your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will quickly appear. Your righteousness will go before you, and the glory of the Lord will be your rear guard. 9 Then you will call, and the Lord will answer; you will cry for help, and he will say: 'Here I am.' If you remove the yoke from among you, the pointing finger, and malicious talk. 10 If you offer yourself to the hungry and satisfy the needs of the afflicted, then your light will rise in the darkness, and your night will become like noonday.
  • Deut 15:7-9 : 7 If there is a poor person among your brothers within any of your gates in the land the Lord your God is giving you, do not harden your heart or shut your hand against your poor brother. 8 Instead, you shall freely open your hand to him and generously lend him whatever he needs. 9 Be careful not to harbor this wicked thought in your heart: 'The seventh year, the year of release, is near,' and you look grudgingly on your poor brother and give him nothing. He will cry out to the Lord against you, and you will be guilty of sin. 10 You shall surely give to him, and your heart shall not be grieved when you give to him, because for this thing the Lord your God will bless you in all your work and in everything you undertake. 11 For there will never cease to be poor people in the land. Therefore, I command you to freely open your hand to your brother, to the needy, and to the poor in your land.
  • 2 Cor 9:5-9 : 5 So I considered it necessary to urge the brothers to go ahead to you and prepare in advance the generous gift you had promised, so that it may be ready as a blessing, and not as something given reluctantly. 6 Remember this: The one who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the one who sows generously will also reap generously. 7 Each person should give as they have decided in their heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. 8 And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that in every way, at all times, having all that you need, you may abound in every good work. 9 As it is written: 'He has scattered; he has given to the poor; his righteousness endures forever.'
  • 1 Tim 6:17-18 : 17 Command those who are rich in this present age not to be arrogant or to put their hope in the uncertainty of wealth, but in God, who richly provides us with all things to enjoy. 18 Instruct them to do good, to be rich in good works, to be generous, willing to share.
  • Jas 2:15 : 15 If a brother or sister is without clothes and lacks daily food,
  • Prov 12:10 : 10 The righteous care for the needs of their animals, but the kindest acts of the wicked are cruel.
  • Prov 28:9 : 9 If anyone turns away his ear from listening to the law, even his prayer is detestable.
  • Luke 3:11 : 11 He replied to them, "Anyone who has two tunics must share with the one who has none, and anyone who has food must do the same."
  • 2 Cor 8:9 : 9 For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sake He became poor, so that through His poverty you might become rich.
  • 2 Cor 8:14-15 : 14 At the present time, your abundance should meet their need, so that their abundance may in turn meet your need—so that there may be equality. 15 As it is written: 'The one who gathered much did not have too much, and the one who gathered little did not have too little.'
  • 1 John 5:1 : 1 Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the Father loves His child as well.

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  • 1 John 3:18-19
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    18Little children, let us not love with words or tongue, but with actions and in truth.

    19By this we will know that we belong to the truth and will reassure our hearts in His presence.

  • 1 John 3:10-16
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    10By this the children of God and the children of the devil are distinguished: Anyone who does not practice righteousness and does not love their brother or sister is not of God.

    11For this is the message you have heard from the beginning: that we should love one another.

    12Not like Cain, who was from the evil one and killed his brother. And why did he kill him? Because his deeds were evil and his brother’s were righteous.

    13Do not be surprised, brothers and sisters, if the world hates you.

    14We know that we have passed from death to life because we love our brothers and sisters. The one who does not love remains in death.

    15Everyone who hates their brother or sister is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in them.

    16This is how we have come to know love: He laid down His life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters.

  • 1 John 4:20-21
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    20If anyone says, 'I love God,' but hates their brother or sister, they are a liar. For the one who does not love their brother or sister whom they have seen cannot love God whom they have not seen.

    21And this commandment we have from Him: Whoever loves God must also love their brother or sister.

  • Jas 2:15-16
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    15If a brother or sister is without clothes and lacks daily food,

    16and one of you says to them, 'Go in peace, keep warm and be well fed,' but does not provide for their physical needs, what good is it?

  • 1 John 4:11-12
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    11Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.

    12No one has ever seen God. If we love one another, God remains in us, and His love is perfected in us.

  • Deut 15:7-8
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    7If there is a poor person among your brothers within any of your gates in the land the Lord your God is giving you, do not harden your heart or shut your hand against your poor brother.

    8Instead, you shall freely open your hand to him and generously lend him whatever he needs.

  • 1 Cor 13:3
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    3If I give everything I have to the poor and surrender my body to be burned, but do not have love, I gain nothing.

  • 1 John 2:15-17
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    15Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in them.

    16For all that is in the world—the desire of the flesh, the desire of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not from the Father, but is from the world.

    17The world is passing away, along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God remains forever.

  • 2 Pet 1:7
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    7to godliness, brotherly love; and to brotherly love, love.

  • 1 John 2:9-11
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    9Anyone who claims to be in the light but hates their brother or sister is still in the darkness.

    10Whoever loves their brother or sister abides in the light, and in them there is no cause for stumbling.

    11But the one who hates their brother or sister is in the darkness and walks in the darkness. They do not know where they are going, because the darkness has blinded them.

  • 1 John 2:5
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    5But whoever keeps His word, truly in that person the love of God has been perfected. By this we know that we are in Him.

  • 1 John 4:7-9
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    7Beloved, let us love one another, because love is from God, and everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.

    8The one who does not love does not know God, because God is love.

    9By this, the love of God was revealed among us: that God sent His only Son into the world so that we might live through Him.

  • 1 John 4:16-17
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    16And we have come to know and believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and the one who abides in love abides in God, and God abides in them.

    17In this, love has been made complete with us, so that we may have confidence on the day of judgment, because as He is, so also are we in this world.

  • 1 John 3:1
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    1See how great a love the Father has given us, that we should be called children of God; and this is what we are! The world does not know us because it did not know Him.

  • 1 John 3:23-24
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    23Now this is His commandment: that we believe in the name of His Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as He commanded us.

    24The one who keeps His commandments abides in Him, and He in him. And by this we know that He abides in us: through the Spirit He has given us.

  • Heb 13:1
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    1Let brotherly love continue.

  • 1 Pet 3:8
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    8Finally, all of you be like-minded and sympathetic, love one another as brothers and sisters, be tenderhearted and humble.

  • 1 John 5:2-3
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    2This is how we know that we love the children of God: by loving God and keeping His commandments.

    3For this is the love of God: that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome.

  • John 13:35
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    35'By this everyone will know that you are My disciples, if you love one another.'

  • 1 Pet 1:22
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    22Since you have purified your souls by obedience to the truth so that you have sincere brotherly love, love one another earnestly from a pure heart.

  • 3 John 1:5
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    5Beloved, you are acting faithfully in whatever you do for the brothers, especially when they are strangers.

  • Prov 28:27
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    27Whoever gives to the poor will lack nothing, but one who hides his eyes will receive many curses.

  • Lev 25:35
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    35If any of your fellow Israelites become poor and are unable to support themselves among you, help them as you would a foreigner or temporary resident, so they can live among you.

  • Jas 2:13
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    13For judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment.

  • Prov 22:9
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    9The generous person will be blessed, for they share their food with the poor.

  • Phlm 1:7
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    7For I have great joy and encouragement from your love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you, my brother.

  • Jas 1:27
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    27Religion that is pure and undefiled before God the Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.

  • Zech 7:10
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    10Do not oppress the widow or the orphan, the foreigner or the poor. Do not plot evil in your hearts against one another.'

  • 1 John 3:21
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    21Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence before God.

  • Luke 3:11
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    11He replied to them, "Anyone who has two tunics must share with the one who has none, and anyone who has food must do the same."