1 John 3:16-19

LITV(i) 16 By this we have known the love of God, because that One laid down His life for us; and on behalf of the brothers we ought to lay down our lives. 17 Whoever has the means of life of the world, and sees his brother having need, and shuts up his bowels from him, how does the love of God abide in him? 18 My little children, let us not love in word, or in tongue, but in deed and in truth. 19 And in this we shall know that we are of the truth, and shall persuade our hearts before Him,