16 We have come to know love by this: that he laid down his life on behalf of us, and we ought to lay down our lives on behalf of the brothers.
17 But whoever has the world’s material possessions and observes his brother in need and shuts his heart against him, how does the love of God reside in him?
18 Little children, let us not love with word or with tongue, but in deed and truth.
19 By this we know that we are of the truth and will convince our heart before him,
20 that if our heart condemns us, that God is greater than our heart and knows all things.
21 Dear friends, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence before God,
22 and whatever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do what is pleasing in his sight.