1 John 3:17-18
If anyone with earthly possessions sees his brother in need, but withholds his compassion from him, how can the love of God abide in him? Little children, let us love not in word and speech, but in action and truth.
Berean Standard Bible, public domain. Read all of 1 John 3
4 songs meet this passage
Under Pressure (feat. David Bowie) · Queen
resonates with 1 John 3:17-18
The call to love in action toward those suffering echoes this exhortation to love not in word only but in deed.
“Let's change the way we treat each other”
Changes (1998 Greatest Hits) [Edit] [feat. Talent] · 2Pac
resonates with 1 John 3:17-18
John's call to love in deed and truth, not just word, resonates with the song's demand that brotherhood be lived out practically.
“Nobody cares who gets pushed aside”
The New Real · Three Days Grace
strains against 1 John 3:17
The song names a culture that looks away from others' need, which Scripture directly confronts as incompatible with love of God.
“I'd die for you that's easy to say”
Ride · twenty one pilots
strains against 1 John 3:18
Scripture calls for love proven in deed and truth, exposing the gap the song itself names between declared devotion and real action.
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