19 This is how we will know that we belong to the truth(A) and will reassure our hearts before him 20 whenever our hearts condemn us; for God is greater than our hearts, and he knows all things.(B)

21 Dear friends, if our hearts don’t condemn us, we have confidence before God 22 and receive whatever we ask from him because we keep his commands(C) and do what is pleasing in his sight. 23 Now this is his command: that we believe in the name(D) of his Son, Jesus Christ, and love one another as he commanded us. 24 The one who keeps his commands remains in him,(E) and he in him. And the way we know that he remains in us(F) is from the Spirit(G) he has given us.

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