¹⁶ This is how we have come to know love: He laid down his life^(A) for us.^(B) We should also lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters.^{(C) 17} If anyone has this world’s goods^(D) and sees a fellow believer^[a] in need^(E) but withholds compassion^(F) from him—how does God’s love reside in him?^{(G) 18} Little children, let us not love in word or speech, but in action and in truth.^(H)