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19 And by this we will know that we are from the truth and will reassure our hearts before him
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This is how we know that we belong to the truth and how we set our hearts at rest in his presence:
20 whenever our hearts condemn us; for God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything.
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If our hearts condemn us, we know that God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything.
21 Beloved, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have boldness before God;
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Dear friends, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God
22 and we receive from him whatever we ask, because we obey his commandments and do what pleases him.
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and receive from him anything we ask, because we keep his commands and do what pleases him.
23 And this is his commandment, that we should believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as he has commanded us.
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And this is his command: to believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and to love one another as he commanded us.
24 All who obey his commandments abide in him, and he abides in them. And by this we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit that he has given us.
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The one who keeps God’s commands lives in him, and he in them. And this is how we know that he lives in us: We know it by the Spirit he gave us.
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