1 John 3:14-19

14We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers. Whoever does not love abides in death.

15Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him.

16By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.

17But if anyone has the world's goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does God's love abide in him?

18Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth.

19By this we shall know that we are of the truth and reassure our heart before him;