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New International Version NIV
19 And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure 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 For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things.
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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 heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God.
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Dear friends, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God
22 And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.
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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 on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment.
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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 And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath 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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