17. Now, 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?
18. Dear children, we must show love through actions that are sincere, not through empty words.
19. This is how we will know that we belong to the truth and how we will be reassured in his presence.
20. Whenever our conscience condemns us, we will be reassured that God is greater than our conscience and knows everything.
21. Dear friends, if our conscience doesn’t condemn us, we can boldly look to God
22. and receive from him anything we ask. We receive it because we obey his commandments and do what pleases him.