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But if a man has this world's goods, and sees that his brother is in need, and keeps his heart shut against his brother, how is it possible for the love of God to be in him?
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My little children, do not let our love be in word and in tongue, but let it be in act and in good faith.
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In this way we may be certain that we are true, and may give our heart comfort before him,
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When our heart says that we have done wrong; because God is greater than our heart, and has knowledge of all things.
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My loved ones, if our heart does not say that we have done wrong, we have no fear before him;
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And he gives us all our requests, because we keep his laws and do the things which are pleasing in his eyes.
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And this is his law, that we have faith in the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love for one another, even as he said to us.
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He who keeps his laws is in God and God is in him. And the Spirit which he gave us is our witness that he is in us.