1 John 3:17

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?

Whoso

Shutteth

Proverbs 12:10

How

1 John 4:20

1 John 5:1

General references

Bible References

Whoso

When there cometh to be among you a needy person any one of thy brethren within any one of thy gates, in thy land, which Yahweh thy God is giving unto thee, thou shalt not harden thy heart nor shut thy hand from thy needy brother;

A lender to Yahweh, is one who sheweth favour to the poor, and, his good deed, He will pay him back.

Is it not to break unto the hungry, thy bread, And the thrust-out oppressed, that thou bring into a home, - When thou seest one naked, that thou cover him, And from thine own flesh, shalt not hide thyself?

And, answering, he said unto them - He that hath two tunics, let him share with him that hath none, and, he that hath food, in like manner, let him be doing.

For ye are taking knowledge of the favour of our Lord Jesus Christ, - how that, for your sakes, he became destitute - although he was, rich, in order that, ye, by his destitution, might be enriched.

Necessary, therefore, I regarded it, to exhort the brethren that they would go forward unto you, and make up beforehand your previously-promised blessing. The same, to be ready - thus, as a blessing, and not as of constraint.

Upon them who are rich in the present age, lay thou charge - not to be high-minded, nor to have set their hope on, riches', uncertainty, - but on God, who offereth us all things richly for enjoying,

But, of the doing good and of fellowship, be not forgetful; for, with such sacrifices as these, is, God, well-pleased.

Shutteth

A righteous man, regardeth the desire of his beast, but, the compassions of the lawless, are cruel.

How

If one should say, I love God, and should be hating, his brother, false, is he; for, he that doth not love his brother, whom he hath seen, God, whom he hath not seen, he cannot love!

Whosoever believeth that, Jesus, is the Christ, of God, hath been born: and, whosoever loveth him that begat, loveth him that hath been begotten of him.

General references

Therefore shall ye love the sojourner, - for sojourners, became ye in the land of Egypt.

yea moreover, draw out, for her, from the bundles, - and leave behind that she may glean it, and rebuke her not.

Honour thou Yahweh, with thy substance, and with the firstfruit of all thine increase;

Deliver thou such as are being led forth to death, and, them who are tottering to slaughter, oh that thou wouldst hold back!

To him who is asking thee, give; and, him who is desiring from thee to borrow, do not thou turn away.

For I hungered, and ye gave me not to eat, and I was thirsty, and ye gave me not to drink,

These things, I command you, That ye be loving one another.

Beloved! If, in this way, God, loved us, we also, ought to love, one another.