1 John 3:18-24

18 Little children, let us not ¹love in word or talk but in deed and ²in truth.

19 By this we shall know that we are of the truth and reassure our heart before him;

20 for whenever our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and he knows everything.

21 Beloved, ³if our heart does not condemn us, ⁴we have confidence before God;

22 and ⁵whatever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and ⁶do what pleases him.

23 And this is his commandment, ⁷that we believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and ⁸love one another, ⁹just as he has commanded us.

24 ¹⁰Whoever keeps his commandments abides in God, ^[a] and God^[b] in him. And ¹¹by this we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit whom he has given us.

Cross References

• 1. 3:18 Ezek. 33:31; Eph. 4:15
• 2. 3:18 2 John 1; 3 John 1
• 3. 3:21 [1 Cor. 4:4]
• 4. 3:21 ch. 5:14; [Job 11:15; 22:26; Rom. 14:22]
• 5. 3:22 See Matt. 7:7
• 6. 3:22 John 8:29
• 7. 3:23 John 6:29; [Acts 18:8]
• 8. 3:23 ver. 11
• 9. 3:23 [ch. 2:8]
• 10. 3:24 [John 6:56; 14:20; 15:4, 5; 17:21]
• 11. 3:24 ch. 4:13; Rom. 8:9

Footnotes

• [a] 3:24 Greek 'him'
• [b] 3:24 Greek 'he'