Yochanan I 3:17-19

Orthodox Jewish Bible

¹⁷ Now whoever has vital possessions of the Olam Hazeh and sees the Ach b’Moshiach of him being nitzrach (needy) and has no rachamim (mercy) on him [DEVARIM 15:7,8] and refuses gemilut Chesed, how does the ahavas Hashem make ma’on in him?

¹⁸ Yeladim, let us not have ahavah in dvar or in lashon but in ma’aseh and in Emes. [YECHEZKEL 33:31]

¹⁹ And by this we will have da’as that we are of HaEmes, and before Him we will persuade our levavot,