1 John 3:18-24
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Little children, let us not i love in word or talk but in deed and j in truth.
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By this we shall know that we are of the truth and reassure our heart before him;
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for whenever our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and he knows everything.
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Beloved, k if our heart does not condemn us, l we have confidence before God;
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and m whatever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and n do what pleases him.
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And this is his commandment, o that we believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and p love one another, q just as he has commanded us.
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r Whoever keeps his commandments abides in God, and God in him. And s by this we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit whom he has given us.
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Ezekiel 33:31
And they come to you as people come, and they sit before you as my people, and they hear what you say but they will not do it; for with lustful talk in their mouths they act; their heart is set on their gain.
Ephesians 4:15
Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ.
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2 John 1:1
The elder to the elect lady and her children, whom I love in truth, and not only I, but also all who know the truth.
3 John 1:1
The elder to the beloved Gaius, whom I love in truth.
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1 Corinthians 4:4
For I am not aware of anything against myself, but I am not thereby acquitted. It is the Lord who judges me.
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1 John 5:14
And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us.
Job 11:15
Surely then you will lift up your face without blemish; you will be secure and will not fear.
Job 22:26
For then you will delight yourself in the Almighty and lift up your face to God.
Romans 14:22
The faith that you have, keep between yourself and God. Blessed is the one who has no reason to pass judgment on himself for what he approves.
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Matthew 7:7
Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.
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John 8:29
And he who sent me is with me. He has not left me alone, for I always do the things that are pleasing to him.
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John 6:29
Jesus answered them, "This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he has sent.
Acts 18:8
Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue, believed in the Lord, together with his entire household. And many of the Corinthians hearing Paul believed and were baptized.
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1 John 3:11
For this is the message that you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.
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1 John 2:8
At the same time, it is a new commandment that I am writing to you, which is true in him and in you, because the darkness is passing away and the true light is already shining.
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John 6:56
Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood abides in me, and I in him.
John 14:20
In that day you will know that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you.
John 15:4 - 5
Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me.
John 17:21
That they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me.
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1 John 4:13
By this we know that we abide in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit.
Romans 8:9
You, however, are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if in fact the Spirit of God dwells in you. Anyone who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him.
English Standard Version (ESV) The Holy Bible, English Standard Version Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers.