17. this world's good —literally, "livelihood" or substance. If we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren ( :- ), how much more ought we not to withhold our substance? seeth —not merely casually, but deliberately contemplates as a spectator; Greek, "beholds." shutteth up his bowels of compassion —which had been momentarily opened by the spectacle of his brother's need. The "bowels" mean the heart, the seat of compassion. how — How is it possible that "the love of (that is, ' to ') God dwelleth ( Greek, 'abideth') in him?" Our superfluities should yield to the necessities; our comforts, and even our necessaries in some measure, should yield to the extreme wants of our brethren. "Faith gives Christ to me; love flowing from faith gives me to my neighbor." return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-18" class="com-number"
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