Thematic Bible: Those that are not charitable

But, if any one has worldly possessions, and yet looks on while his Brother is in want, and steels his heart against him, how can it be said that the love of God is within 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

To those to whom, through the justice of our God and Savior Jesus Christ, there has been granted faith equally privileged with our own, from Simon Peter, a servant and an Apostle of Jesus Christ. May blessing and peace be yours in ever-increasing measure, as you advance in the knowledge of God and of Jesus, our Lord. For his divine power has given us everything that is needful for a life of piety, as we advance in the knowledge of him who called us by a glorious manifestation of his goodness. read more.
For it was through this that he gave us what we prize as the greatest of his promises, that through them you might participate in the divine nature, now that you have fled from the corruption in the world, resulting from human passions. Yes, and for this very reason do your best to supplement your faith by goodness, goodness by knowledge, knowledge by self-control, self-control by endurance, endurance by piety, piety by brotherly affection, and brotherly affection by love. For, when these virtues are yours, in increasing measure, they prevent your being indifferent to, or destitute of, a fuller knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. Surely the man who has not these virtues is shortsighted even to blindness, and has chosen to forget that he has been purified from his sins of the past!

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