New American Standard Bible 1995

1 John 3:17-24

17But 1whoever has the world’s goods, and sees his brother in need and 2closes his 3heart 4against him, 5how does the love of God abide in him? 18 6Little children, let us not love with word or with tongue, but in deed and 7truth. 19We will know by this that we are 8of the truth, and will 9assure our heart before Him 20 10in whatever our heart condemns us; for God is greater than our heart and knows all things. 21 11Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have 12confidence 13before God; 22and 14whatever we ask we receive from Him, because we 15keep His commandments and do 16the things that are pleasing in His sight.

23This is His commandment, that we 17 18believe in 19the name of His Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, just as 20He 21commanded us. 24The one who 22keeps His commandments 23abides in Him, and He in him. 24We know by this that 25He abides in us, by the Spirit whom He has given us.

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Notes

1. 1 John 3:17 James 2:15f ↩
2. 1 John 3:17 Deut 15:7 ↩
3. 1 John 3:17 Lit inward parts ↩
4. 1 John 3:17 Lit from ↩
5. 1 John 3:17 1 John 4:20 ↩
6. 1 John 3:18 1 John 2:1; 3:7 ↩
7. 1 John 3:18 2 John 1; 3 John 1 ↩
8. 1 John 3:19 1 John 2:21 ↩
9. 1 John 3:19 Lit persuade ↩
10. 1 John 3:20 Or that if our heart condemns us, that God... ↩
11. 1 John 3:21 1 John 3:2 ↩
12. 1 John 3:21 1 John 2:28; 5:14 ↩
13. 1 John 3:21 Lit toward ↩
14. 1 John 3:22 Job 22:26f; Matt 7:7; 21:22; John 9:31 ↩
15. 1 John 3:22 1 John 2:3 ↩
16. 1 John 3:22 John 8:29; Heb 13:21 ↩
17. 1 John 3:23 Or believe the name ↩
18. 1 John 3:23 John 6:29 ↩
19. 1 John 3:23 John 1:12; 2:23; 3:18 ↩
20. 1 John 3:23 John 13:34; 15:12; 1 John 2:8 ↩
21. 1 John 3:23 Lit gave us a commandment ↩
22. 1 John 3:24 1 John 2:3 ↩
23. 1 John 3:24 John 6:56; 10:38; 1 John 2:6, 24; 4:15 ↩
24. 1 John 3:24 John 14:17; Rom 8:9, 14, 16; 1 Thess 4:8; 1 John 4:13 ↩
25. 1 John 3:24 1 John 2:5 ↩

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