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1 John 3:17
The 2026 edition cites 2 passages containing 1 John 3:17, each printed here in the KJV with every place in the Constitution that cites it.
1 John 3:16-18
16 Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.
17 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?
18 My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.
Cited by 1 place in the Constitution
Westminster Confession of Faith 1
- CF 26.1
All saints, that are united to Jesus Christ their Head by His Spirit and by faith, have fellowship with Him in His graces, sufferings, death, resurrection, and…
1 John 3:17
17 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?
Cited by 4 places in the Constitution
Westminster Confession of Faith 1
- CF 26.2
Saints by profession are bound to maintain a holy fellowship and communion in the worship of God; and in performing such other spiritual services as tend to…
Testimony of the RPCNA 1
- T 4.16
The Church, regardless of the economic system under which it exists, has the duty to speak against social evils such as oppression of the poor. The Church must…
Larger Catechism 2
- LC 141
The duties required in the eighth commandment are, truth, faithfulness, and justice in contracts and commerce between man and man; rendering to every one his…
- LC 142
The sins forbidden in the eighth commandment, besides the neglect of the duties required, are, theft, robbery, man-stealing, and receiving any thing that is…