| And this is the boldness we have in 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 known and believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and those who abide in love abide in God, and God abides in them. | 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 who is faithful and just will forgive us our sins and 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 reached perfection 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 whatever is born of God conquers the world. And this is the victory that conquers the world, our faith. | For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world: your faith. |
| Little children, let us love, not in word or speech, but in truth and action. | My little children, let’s not love in word only, or with the tongue only, but in deed and truth. |
| Those who say, “I love God,” and hate their brothers or sisters, are liars; for those who do not love a brother or sister whom they have seen, cannot love God whom they have 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? |
| No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God lives in us, and his love is perfected in us. | No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God remains in us, and his love has been perfected in us. |
| And if we know that he hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have obtained the requests made of him. | And if we know that he listens to us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions which we have asked of him. |
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