22 and (A)whatever we ask, we receive from Him, because we (B)keep His commandments and do (C)the things that are pleasing in His sight.

23 This is His commandment, that we [a](D)believe in (E)the name of His Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, just as (F)He [b]commanded us. 24 The one who (G)keeps His commandments (H)remains in Him, and He in him. (I)We know by this that (J)He remains in us, by the Spirit whom He has given us.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 John 3:23 Or believe the name
  2. 1 John 3:23 Lit gave us a commandment

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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