Daily Reading for Personal Growth, 40 Days with God

¹⁷ But ^(A)if anyone has the world's goods and sees his brother in need, yet ^(B)closes his heart against him, ^(C)how does God's love abide in him? ¹⁸ Little children, let us not ^(D)love in word or talk but in deed and ^(E)in truth.

¹⁹ By this we shall know that we are of the truth and reassure our heart before him; ²⁰ for whenever our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and he knows everything. ²¹ Beloved, ^(F)if our heart does not condemn us, ^(G)we have confidence before God; ²² and ^(H)whatever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and ^(I)do what pleases him. ²³ And this is his commandment, ^(J)that we believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and ^(K)love one another, ^(L)just as he has commanded us. ^24 (M)Whoever keeps his commandments abides in God,^[a] and God^[b] in him. And ^(N)by this we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit whom he has given us.