1 John 3:17 - Exposition

"But δέ if a man not only fails to do this, but even steadily contemplates θεωρῇ another's distress, and forthwith. "The world's goods" τὸν βίον τοῦ κόσμου is literally "the world's means of life" (see on 1 John 2:16 , and Trench on 'New Testament Synonyms,' for the difference between βίος and ζώη . (For τὰ σπλάγχνα as the seat of the affections, comp. Luke 1:78 ; 2 Corinthians 6:12 ; 2 Corinthians 7:15 ; Philippians 1:8 ; Philippians 2:1 ; Philippians 1:7 , Philippians 1:12 .) The ἀπ ̓ αὐτοῦ is graphic; closes his heart and turns away from him ( 1 John 2:28 ).