| And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us. | And thus we can have confidence in him that if we ask anything that is in accordance with his will, he hears us. |
| So we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him. | We have come to know and to believe in the love that God has for us. God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God in him. |
| We love because he first loved us. | Therefore, we love because he first loved us. |
| If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. | However, if we confess our sins, he who is faithful and just will forgive our sins and cleanse us from all wrongdoing. |
| There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love. | In love there is no fear; indeed, perfect love casts out fear, because fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not yet achieved perfection in love. |
| For everyone who has been born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith. | For everyone born of God conquers the world. And the victory that conquers the world is our faith. |
| Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth. | Dear children, let us love not in word or speech but in deed and truth. |
| If anyone says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen. | If someone says, “I love God,” but at the same time hates his brother, he is a liar. For whoever does not love the brother whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen. |
| No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us and his love is perfected in us. | No one has ever seen God, but if we love one another, God abides in us, and his love is made complete in us. |
| And if we know that he hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests that we have asked of him. | And if we know that he hears us in regard to whatever we ask him, we may be sure that all we ask of him will be ours. |
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