18. Children, let us love not in word or speech but in deed and truth.
19. [Now] this is how we shall know that we belong to the truth and reassure our hearts before him
20. in whatever our hearts condemn, for God is greater than our hearts and knows everything.
21. Beloved, if [our] hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence in God
22. and receive from him whatever we ask, because we keep his commandments and do what pleases him.
23. And his commandment is this: we should believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and love one another just as he commanded us.