16in this we have known the love, because he for us his life did lay down, and we ought for the brethren the lives to lay down;
17and whoever may have the goods of the world, and may view his brother having need, and may shut up his bowels from him -- how doth the love of God remain in him?
18My little children, may we not love in word nor in tongue, but in word and in truth!
19and in this we know that of the truth we are, and before Him we shall assure our hearts,
20because if our heart may condemn -- because greater is God than our heart, and He doth know all things.
21Beloved, if our heart may not condemn us, we have boldness toward God,
22and whatever we may ask, we receive from Him, because His commands we keep, and the things pleasing before Him we do,
