| And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us. | This is the boldness which we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will, he listens to 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 know and have believed the love which God has for us. God is love, and he who remains in love remains in God, and God remains in him. |
| We love because he first loved us. | We love him, 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. | If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. |
| 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. | There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear has punishment. He who fears is not made perfect 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 whatever is born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world: your faith. |
| See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him. | See how great a love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God! For this cause the world doesn’t know us, because it didn’t know him. |
| Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God. | Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God remains in him, and he in God. |
| Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth. | My little children, let’s not love in word only, or with the tongue only, 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 a man says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who doesn’t love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen? |
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