Thematic Bible: Those that are not charitable

But whoever has this world's goods, and beholds his brother in need, and shuts up his heart against him, how can the love of God continue to abide in him? Verse ConceptsCompassionGiving, Of PossessionsFreedom, Abuse Of ChristianCompassion, In ChristiansHardness Of HeartLibertinismLove, For One AnotherMaterialism, As An Aspect Of SinPoverty, Attitudes TowardsPoverty, Remedies ForRiches, Believers AttitudesThoughtUnkindnessFinanceSelfishness, Shown InAlmsgivingAltruismCharityCaring For The SickSocial SelfishnessAgape LoveBowelsShortagesUnlovingPeople Without MercyHelping Those In NeedBrothers LoveHelping Others In Needpossessionspity

Simon Peter, a slave and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who have obtained an equally precious faith with us in the righteousness of our God and Saviour Jesus Christ. Grace and peace be multiplied to you by the God and Father of Jesus our Lord. For his power divine has granted to us everything needful for life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and virtue. read more.
By these he has granted his promises to us, precious and splendid; so that through them you may become partners of the divine nature, now that you have escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust. For this very reason do your best to add to your faith manliness, and to manliness knowledge, and to knowledge self-control, and to self-control stedfastness, and to stedfastness piety, and to piety brotherly love, and to brotherly love, love itself. For if these virtues are yours in abounding measure, they render you not idle nor unfruitful, until you come into the full knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. For the man who lacks these virtues is blind, short-sighted, forgetful of his cleansing from his old sins.

Verse ConceptsGiving, Of PossessionsBad LeadershipBlindness, SymbolicSocial JusticeBeggarsMastersMoney, Stewardship OfOppression, Nature OfNeglecting PeoplePoverty, Attitudes TowardsCaring For OthersBenevolencePlenty For The PoorBlessings For Those Who Help The PoorGiving To The PoorHelping The Poor