1 John 3:17
If someone has enough money to live well and sees a brother or sister in need and refuses to help—how can God’s love be in that person? (NLT)
But if anyone has this world’s goods (resources for sustaining life) and sees his brother and fellow believer in need, yet closes his heart of compassion against him, how can the love of God live and remain in him? (Amplified)
Suppose a believer who is rich enough to have all the necessities of life sees a fellow believer who is poor and does not have even basic needs. What if the rich believer does not help the poor one? Then it is clear that God’s love is not in that person’s heart. (ERV)
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? (ESV)
But as for the well-to-do man who sees his brothers in want but shuts his eyes—and his heart—how could anyone believe that the love of God lives in him? (J B Phillips)
If you see some brother or sister in need and have the means to do something about it but turn a cold shoulder and do nothing, what happens to God’s love? It disappears. And you made it disappear. (The Message)
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? (NIV)
If a person owns the kinds of things we need to make it in the world but refuses to share with those in need, is it even possible that God’s love lives in him? (The Voice)
How does our basic attitude today toward low income & no income people stack up against this verse in 1 John?
The current thought is that they are that was because they are lazy, or losers, or "working the system", or just plain sorry, & we are simply not responsible for such low life people.
All I know is what this verse says.
And the very next verse only adds to our responsibility...
Let us stop just saying we love each other; let us really show it by our actions. (NLT) 1 John 3:18
Think about it today...
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