| Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. | And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us. |
| And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him. | 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 love Him because He first loved us. | 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. | If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. |
| There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves torment. But he who fears has not been made perfect in love. | 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. |
| For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith. | For everyone who has been born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith. |
| My little children, let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth. | Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth. |
| If someone says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen? | 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. |
| No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God abides in us, and His love has been perfected in us. | No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us and his love is perfected in us. |
| And if we know that He hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we have asked of Him. | 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. |
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