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.

19: And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him.

20: For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things.

21: Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God.

22: And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.

23: And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment.

24: And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us.