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1 John 3:17

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17If anyone has this world’s goodsaq and sees a fellow believerI in needar but withholds compassionas from him—how does God’s love reside in him?at

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Footnotes

  1. I sees his brother or sister

Cross references

  1. aqMk 12:44; Lk 15:12; 1Jn 2:16
  2. arAc 2:45
  3. as2Co 7:15
  4. atJms 2:15–16; 1Jn 2:5

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

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?

NIVNew International Version (2011)

If anyone has material possessions and sees a brother or sister in need but has no pity on them, how can the love of God be in that person?

NLTNew Living Translation

If someone has enough money to live well and sees a brother or sister in need but shows no compassion—how can God’s love be in that person?

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

But whoever has the world’s material possessions and observes his brother in need and shuts his heart against him, how does the love of God reside in him?

KJV 1900King James Version

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?