1 John 3:17-24

17Now, suppose a person has enough to live on and notices another believer in need. How can God’s love be in that person if he doesn’t bother to help the other believer?

18Dear children, we must show love through actions that are sincere, not through empty words.

19This is how we will know that we belong to the truth and how we will be reassured in his presence.

20Whenever our conscience condemns us, we will be reassured that God is greater than our conscience and knows everything.

21Dear friends, if our conscience doesn’t condemn us, we can boldly look to God

22and receive from him anything we ask. We receive it because we obey his commandments and do what pleases him.

23This is his commandment: to believe in his Son, the one named Jesus Christ, and to love each other as he commanded us.

24Those who obey Christ’s commandments live in God, and God lives in them. We know that he lives in us because he has given us the Spirit.