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?
Ver. 17. This world's goods] Gr. τον βιον, livelihood, which is all that the world looks after.
And shutteth up his bowels, &c.] Not drawing out unto him both his sheaf and his soul, Isaiah 58:9. But locking up as with a key (so the Greek κλειση here signifies) both his barn and his bowels; not considering his brother's necessity and his own ability.