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?
KJV
Greek original
Louis Segond 1910
Si quelqu'un possède les biens du monde, et que, voyant son frère dans le besoin, il lui ferme ses entrailles, comment l'amour de Dieu demeure-t-il en lui?
KJV
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?
Methodius
De Lepra Ad Sistelium
r. 5, 5. Jak. 4, 6 — 18 Gen. 18, 27 — 19 vgl. Test. XL martyr. 1, 6. 2, 4 — 20 vgl. Jes. 58, 7 (vgl. I Joh. 3, 17) 1 ὅθεν — σπονδήν S. 467, 4 C Bl. 192 ν, 22 ff | ὁ νομοθέτης — λέγει Ζ. 2 »sagen wir, daß die Häretiker an Aussatz des Sinnes leiden« C | λόγους C 3 Τινες — καθαροί Ζ…
Phoebadius of Agen
Book against the Arians
Son, give alms out of your substance" (Tobit 4:7). John says: "If anyone has material possessions" (1 John 3:17). And in the Gospel: "Look, Lord! Here and now I give half of my possessions" (Luke 19:8). We have gathered these examples so that the unlearned are not misled, as t…
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
another. Now it is an effect of love that men give their own goods to others: because, as stated in 1 Jn. 3:17 : "He that . . . shall see his brother in need, and shall shut up his bowels from him: how doth the charity of God abide in him?" Hence the purpose of the Law was to acc…
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