^21 (A)Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have ^(B)confidence ^[a]before God; ²² and ^(C)whatever we ask, we receive from Him, because we ^(D)keep His commandments and do ^(E)the things that are pleasing in His sight.

² You lust and do not have, so you ^(A)commit murder. And you are envious and cannot obtain, so you fight and quarrel. You do not have because you do not ask. ³ You ask and ^(B)do not receive, because you ask ^[a]with the wrong motives, so that you may spend what you request ^[b]on your pleasures.