¹² in whom we have boldness and ^[a](A)confident ^(B)access through faith ^[b]in Him.

^21 (A)Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have ^(B)confidence ^[a]before God;

¹⁷ By this, ^(A)love is perfected with us, so that we may have ^(B)confidence in ^(C)the day of judgment; because ^(D)as He is, we also are in this world.

¹⁴ This is ^(A)the confidence which we have ^[a]before Him, that, ^(B)if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.