Reassurance of Faith

18 Little children, let usnot love in word or talk but in deed and 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 knowseverything. 21 Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence before God;22 and whatever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and dowhat pleases him. 23 And this is his commandment, that we believe in the name of his SonJesus Christ and love one another, just as he has commanded us. 24 Whoever keeps hiscommandments abides in God, and God in him. And by this we know that he abides in us,by the Spirit whom he has given us.