THIS IS HIS COMMAND

 

19 This is How we Know

We Belong to the Truth

And How we Set our Hearts at Rest

In His Presence,

20 If Our Hearts Condemn Us,

We Know that God is Greater than Our Hearts,

And He Knows Everything.

21 Dear Friends,

If Our Hearts Do Not Condemn Us,

We have Confidence before God.

22 And Receive from Him Anything we Ask,

Because we Keep His Commands

And Do what Pleases Him.

23 AND THIS IS HIS COMMAND:

TO BELIEVE IN THE NAME OF HIS SON,

JESUS CHRIST,

AND TO LOVE ONE ANOTHER

AS HE COMMANDED US.

24 The One who Keeps God’s Commands

LIVES IN HIM, AND HE IN THEM.

AND THIS IS HOW WE KNOW HE LIVES IN US:

WE KNOW IT BY THE SPIRIT HE GAVE US.

(1 John 3:19-24, NIV)