19-20. This is the way we know that we belong to the way of truth. When our hearts make us feel guilty, we can still have peace before God. God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything.
21. My dear friends, if our hearts do not make us feel guilty, we can come without fear into God’s presence.
22. And God gives us what we ask for 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, just as he commanded.
24. The people who obey God’s commands live in God, and God lives in them. We know that God lives in us because of the Spirit God gave us.