19-20 That’s how we know we belong to the way of truth. And when our hearts make us feel guilty, we can still have peace before God, because God is greater than our hearts. He knows everything.
21 My dear friends, if we don’t feel that we are doing wrong, we can be without fear when we come to God.
22 And God gives us what we ask for. We receive it because we obey God’s commands and do what pleases him.
23 This is what God commands: that we believe in his Son Jesus Christ, and that we love each other as he commanded.
24 All who obey God’s commands live in God. And God lives in them. How do we know that God lives in us? We know because of the Spirit he gave us.