1 John 3:20-24

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

21 Beloved, ¹if our heart does not condemn us, ²we have confidence before God;

22 and ³whatever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and ⁴do what pleases him.

23 And this is his commandment, ⁵that we believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and ⁶love one another, ⁷just as he has commanded us.

24 ⁸Whoever keeps his commandments abides in God,^[a] and God^[b] in him. And ⁹by this we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit whom he has given us.

Cross References

• 1. [1 Corinthians 4:4]
• 2. 1 John 5:14; [Job 11:15; Job 22:26; Romans 14:22]
• 3. See Matthew 7:7
• 4. John 8:29
• 5. John 6:29; [Acts 18:8]
• 6. ver. 11
• 7. [1 John 2:8]
• 8. [John 6:56; John 14:20; John 15:4, 5; John 17:21]
• 9. 1 John 4:13; Romans 8:9

Footnotes

• [a]. Greek him
• [b]. Greek he