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22 Whatever we request we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do what pleases him. 23 And this is his commandment: to believe in the name of his Son, Jesus the Messiah,[a] and to love one another as he commanded us. 24 The person who keeps his commandments abides in God,[b] and God abides in him.[c] This is how we can be sure that he remains in us: he has given us his Spirit.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 John 3:23 Or Christ
  2. 1 John 3:24 Lit. in him
  3. 1 John 3:24 Lit. and he in him

22 and receive from him anything we ask,(A) because we keep his commands(B) and do what pleases him.(C) 23 And this is his command: to believe(D) in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ,(E) and to love one another as he commanded us.(F) 24 The one who keeps God’s commands(G) lives in him,(H) and he in them. And this is how we know that he lives in us: We know it by the Spirit he gave us.(I)

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