1 John 3:17 — Community Reflections

1 JOHN 3:17 — KING JAMES VERSION 1 1

“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?”

But if anyone has the world's goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does God's love abide in him? — the practical test moves from death-threatening to ordinary hardship. Closing one's heart (kleio splanchna) against a needy brother contradicts God's love. The rhetorical question reveals the contradiction between love-profession and love-denial.

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Michael van Berg (test user)7h ago

Finding rest in God — 1 John 3

What a reminder that God's ways are not our ways. Reading the Psalms alongside this gives a fuller picture of what the author was experiencing — both the anguish and the hope.. God is faithful in ever...