1 John 3:17-19 Now whoever has a sufficient amount of life’s possessions and then observes one of his Christian brothers who does not have enough to get by on, but does not feel sorry for him i.e., enough to help him out, surely a love for God does not continue to live in that person’s heart.

AUV⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹⁷ Now whoever has [a sufficient amount of] life’s possessions and [then] observes one of his [Christian] brothers who does not have enough to get by on, but does not feel sorry for him [i.e., enough to help him out], surely a love for God does not continue to live in that person’s heart. ¹⁸ Little children [i.e., dear ones], we should not [merely] claim to love [people], or [even just] talk about it, but [we should love] by what we do [for them] in a genuine way. ¹⁹ And this is how we will know that we are following [God’s] truth, and will have assurance [of it] in our hearts and before God [as well].