1 John 3:17

Coverdale Bible (1535)

But he yt hath this worldes good, & seyth his brother haue nede, and shutteth vp his hert fro him, how dwelleth the loue of God in him?

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  • 1 John 4:20 : 20 Yf eny man saye: I loue God, & yet hateth his brother, he is a lyar. For he that loueth not his brother whom he seyth, how can he loue God, whom he seyth not?
  • Heb 13:16 : 16 To do good and to destribute forget not, for wt soch sacrifices God is pleased.
  • Prov 19:17 : 17 He yt hath pitie vpon the poore, ledeth vnto ye LORDE: & loke what he layeth out, it shalbe payed him agayne.
  • Isa 58:7-9 : 7 It pleaseth not me, till thou deale thy bred to the hongrie, & brynge the poore fatherlesse home in to thy house, when thou seist the naked that thou couer him, and hyde not thy face fro thine owne flesh. 8 Then shal thy light breake forth as ye mornynge, and thy health florish right shortly: thy rightuousnesse shal go before the, and ye glory of the LORDE shal embrace the. 9 Then yf thou callest, the LORDE shal answere the: yf thou criest, he shal saye: here I am. Yee yf thou layest awaye thy burthens, and holdest thy fyngers, and ceasest from blasphemous talkinge, 10 yf thou hast compassion vpon the hongrie, and refre?shest ye troubled soule: Then shal thy light springe out in the darknesse, and thy darknesse shalbe as the noone daye.
  • Deut 15:7-9 : 7 Whan one of thy brethre is waxed poore in eny cite within thy londe, which ye LORDE yi God shal geue ye, thou shalt not harden thine hert, ner withdrawe thine hande from thy poore brother: 8 but shalt open thine hande vnto him, and lende him, acordinge as he hath nede. 9 Bewarre, that there be not a poynte of Belial in thine hert, that thou woldest saye: The seuenth yeare, the yeare of Fredome is at honde. For yf thou lokest not fredly vpo thy poore brother, and geuest him nothinge then shall he crye ouer the vnto the LORDE, and it shall be synne vnto the: 10 But thou shalt geue him, and let it not greue thine hert that thou geuest him. For because of it, shall the LORDE thy God blesse the in all thy workes, and in all that thou puttest thine hande vnto. 11 The londe shal neuer be without poore, therfore commaunde I the and saye, that thou open thine hande vnto thy brother, which is neady and poore in thy londe.
  • 2 Cor 9:5-9 : 5 Wherfore I thoughte it necessary to exhorte the brethren, to come before hande vnto you, for to prepare this blessynge promysed afore, that it mighte be ready, so that it be a blessynge, and not a defraudynge. 6 This I thynke: that he which soweth litle, shal reape litle also: and he yt soweth plenteously,shal likewyse reape plenteously, 7 euery one acordynge as he hath purposed in his hert, not grudgingly, or of compulsion. For God loueth a chearfull geuer. 8 God is able to make you riche in all grace, yt ye in all thinges hauynge sufficiet to the vttemost, maye be riche to all maner of good workes. 9 As it is wrytte: He hath sparsed abrode & geue to ye poore, his righteousnes remayneth for euer.
  • 1 Tim 6:17-18 : 17 Charge the which are riche in this worlde, that they be not proude, ner trust in the vncertayne riches, but in the lyuynge God (which geueth vs abundauntly all thinges to enioye them:) 18 That they do good: that they be rich in good workes: that they geue and distribute with a good wyll:
  • Jas 2:15 : 15 If a brother or a sister be naked or destitute of dayly fode,
  • Prov 12:10 : 10 A righteous man regardeth the life of his catell, but the vngodly haue cruell hertes.
  • Prov 28:9 : 9 He that turneth awaye his eare from hearinge ye lawe, his prayer shalbe abhorred.
  • Luke 3:11 : 11 He answered, & sayde vnto the: He that hath two coates, let him parte wt him yt hath none: and he that hath meate, let him do likewyse.
  • 2 Cor 8:9 : 9 For ye knowe the liberalite of oure LORDE Iesus Christ, which though he be riche, yet for youre sakes he became poore, yt ye thorow his pouerte mighte be made riche.
  • 2 Cor 8:14-15 : 14 but that it be a lyke. Let youre abundaunce sucker their lacke in this tyme off derth, that their abundaunce also herafter maye supplee youre lacke, 15 that there maye be equalite. As it is wrytten: He yt gathered moch, had not the more: and he that gathered litle, wanted nothinge.
  • 1 John 5:1 : 1 Who so euer beleueth that Iesus is Christ, is borne of God. And who soeuer loueth him that begat, loueth him also which was begotten of him.

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  • 1 John 3:18-19
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    18My litle children, let vs not loue with worde nether with tonge, but with ye dede, and with the trueth.

    19Hereby knowe we, that we are of the verite, and can quyete oure hertes before him.

  • 1 John 3:10-16
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    10By this are the children of God knowne & the children of the deuell. Who so euer doeth not righteousnes, is not of God, nether he thath loueth not his brother.

    11For this is the tydinges which ye haue herde from the begynnynge, that ye shulde loue one another,

    12not as Cain, which was of the wicked, and slewe his brother. And wherfore slewe he him? euen because his awne workes were euell, and his brothers righteous.

    13Maruayle not (my brethren) though the worlde hate you.

    14We knowe yt we are traslated from death vnto life, because we loue the brethren. He that loueth not his brother, abydeth in death.

    15Who soeuer hateth his brother, is a mansleyer. And ye knowe that a mansleyer hath not eternall life abydinge in him.

    16Hereby haue we perceaued loue, that he gaue his life for vs, and therfore ought we also to geue oure lyues for the brethre.

  • 1 John 4:20-21
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    20Yf eny man saye: I loue God, & yet hateth his brother, he is a lyar. For he that loueth not his brother whom he seyth, how can he loue God, whom he seyth not?

    21And this comaundement haue we of him, that he which loueth God, shulde loue his brother also.

  • Jas 2:15-16
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    15If a brother or a sister be naked or destitute of dayly fode,

    16& one of you saye vnto them: Departe in peace, God sende you warmnes and fode: notwithstodinge ye geue them not tho thinges which are nedfull to the body: what helpeth it them?

  • 1 John 4:11-12
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    11Dearly beloued, yf God so loued vs, we oughte also to loue one another.

    12No man hath sene God at eny tyme. Yf we loue one another, God dwelleth in vs, and his loue is perfecte in vs.

  • Deut 15:7-8
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    7Whan one of thy brethre is waxed poore in eny cite within thy londe, which ye LORDE yi God shal geue ye, thou shalt not harden thine hert, ner withdrawe thine hande from thy poore brother:

    8but shalt open thine hande vnto him, and lende him, acordinge as he hath nede.

  • 1 Cor 13:3
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    3And though I bestowed all my goodes to fede ye poore, and though I gaue my body euen that I burned, and yet haue not loue, it profiteth me nothinge.

  • 1 John 2:15-17
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    15Se that ye loue not the worlde, nether ye thinges that are in the worlde. Yf eny man loue the worlde, the loue of the father is not in him:

    16for all that is in the worlde (namely the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pryde of life) is not of the father, but of the worlde.

    17And the worlde passeth awaye and the lust therof. But he that fulfylleth the wyll of God, abydeth for euer.

  • 2 Pet 1:7
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    7in godlynes, brotherly loue: in brotherly loue, generall loue.

  • 1 John 2:9-11
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    9He that sayeth he is in lighte, and hateth his brother, is yet in darknesse.

    10He yt loueth his brother, abydeth in the lighte, and there is none occasion of euell in him.

    11But he yt hateth his brother, is in darknes, and walketh in darknes, and can not tell whither he goeth, for ye darknes hath blynded his eyes.

  • 1 John 2:5
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    5But who so kepeth his worde, in him is the loue of God perfecte in dede. Hereby knowe we, that we are in him.

  • 1 John 4:7-9
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    7Dearly beloued, let vs loue one another, for loue commeth of God. And euery one yt loueth, is borne of God, and knoweth God.

    8He that loueth not, knoweth not God: for God is loue.

    9By this appeared the loue of God to vs warde, because that God sent his onely begotten sonne in to this worlde, that we mighte lyue thorow him.

  • 1 John 4:16-17
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    16and we haue knowne and beleued the loue that God hath to vs. God is loue, and he that dwelleth in loue dwelleth in God, and God in him.

    17Here in is the loue perfecte with vs, that we shulde haue a fre boldnesse in the daye of iudgment: for as he is, eue so are we in this worlde.

  • 1 John 3:1
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    1Beholde what loue the father hath shewed on vs, yt we shulde be called the childre of God. Therfore ye worlde knoweth you not, because it knoweth not him.

  • 1 John 3:23-24
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    23And this is his comaundement, that we beleue on ye name of his sonne Iesus Christ, and loue one another, as he gaue commaundement.

    24And he that kepeth his commaundementes, dwelleth in him, and he in him. And hereby knowe we that he abydeth in vs, euen by the sprete which he hath geuen vs.

  • Heb 13:1
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    1Let brotherly loue cotynue.

  • 1 Pet 3:8
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    8But in conclusion be ye all of one mynde, one suffre with another, loue as brethren, be pitefull, be curteous.

  • 1 John 5:2-3
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    2By this we knowe that we loue Gods children, whan we loue God, and kepe his commaundementes.

    3For this is the loue of God, that we kepe his commaundementes, and his commaundemetes are not greuous.

  • John 13:35
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    35By this shal euery man knowe that ye are my disciples, yf ye haue loue one to another.

  • 1 Pet 1:22
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    22Euen ye which haue purifyed youre soules in obeyenge the trueth thorow the sprete, for to loue brotherly without faynynge, & feruently one to loue another wt a pure hert,

  • 3 John 1:5
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    5My beloued, thou doest faithfully what so euer thou doest to the brethren and to straugers,

  • Prov 28:27
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    27He that geueth vnto the poore, shal not wante: but he that turneth awaye his eyes from soch as be in necessite, shall suffre greate pouerte himself.

  • Lev 25:35
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    35Whan thy brother waxeth poore, and falleth in decaye besyde the, thou shalt receaue him as a straunger, or gest, that he maye lyue by the:

  • Jas 2:13
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    13For ther shalbe iudgement merciles to him that sheweth no mercy, & mercy reioiseth against iudgment.

  • Prov 22:9
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    9A louynge eye shalbe blessed, for he geueth of his bred vnto ye poore.

  • Phlm 1:7
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    7Greate ioye and consolacion haue I in thy loue. For by the (brother) the sayntes are hertely refresshed.

  • Jas 1:27
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    27Pure deuocion and vndefiled before God the father, is this: to visit the frendlesse and widdowes in their aduersite, and to kepe him selfe vnspotted of the worlde.

  • Zech 7:10
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    10Do the wyddowe, the fatherlesse, the straunger, and poore no wronge: and let no man ymagen euell agaynst his brother in his hert.

  • 1 John 3:21
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    21Dearly beloued, yf oure hert condemne vs not, then haue we a fre boldnes to God warde.

  • Luke 3:11
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    11He answered, & sayde vnto the: He that hath two coates, let him parte wt him yt hath none: and he that hath meate, let him do likewyse.