56 This has become mine,
Because I kept Your precepts.

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19 And by this we [a]know (A)that we are of the truth, and shall [b]assure our hearts before Him. 20 (B)For if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and knows all things. 21 Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, (C)we have confidence toward God. 22 And (D)whatever we ask we receive from Him, because we keep His commandments (E)and do those things that are pleasing in His sight. 23 And this is His commandment: that we should believe on the name of His Son Jesus Christ (F)and love one another, as He gave [c]us commandment.

The Spirit of Truth and the Spirit of Error

24 Now (G)he who keeps His commandments (H)abides in Him, and He in him. And (I)by this we know that He abides in us, by the Spirit whom He has given us.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 John 3:19 NU shall know
  2. 1 John 3:19 persuade, set at rest
  3. 1 John 3:23 M omits us

165 (A)Great peace have those who love Your law,
And [a]nothing causes them to stumble.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 119:165 Lit. they have no stumbling block

18 They confronted me in the day of my calamity,
But the Lord was my support.
19 (A)He also brought me out into a broad place;
He delivered me because He delighted in me.

20 (B)The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness;
According to the cleanness of my hands
He has recompensed me.
21 For I have kept the ways of the Lord,
And have not wickedly departed from my God.
22 For all His judgments were before me,
And I did not put away His statutes from me.

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