1 John 3:16-19

16This is how we have come to know love: He laid down his life for us. We should also lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters.

17If anyone has this world’s goods and sees a fellow believer in need but withholds compassion from him — how does God’s love reside in him?

18Little children, let us not love in word or speech, but in action and in truth.

19This is how we will know that we belong to the truth and will reassure our hearts before him