17. If anyone has material possessions and sees a brother or sister in need but has no pity on them, how can the love of God be that person?
18. Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth.
19. This is how we know that we belong to the truth and how we set our hearts at rest in his presence:
20. If our hearts condemn us, we know that God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything.