3:18 Little children, let us not love with word or with tongue but in deed and truth. 9 3:19 And by this 10 we will know that we are of the truth and will convince 11 our conscience 12 in his presence, 13 3:20 that 14 if our conscience condemns 15 us, that 16 God is greater than our conscience and knows all things. 3:21 Dear friends, if our conscience does not condemn us, we have confidence in the presence of God, 3:22 and 17 whatever we ask we receive from him, because 18 we keep his commandments and do the things that are pleasing to him. 3:23 Now 19 this is his commandment: 20 that we believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as he gave 21 us the commandment. 3:24 And the person who keeps his commandments resides 22 in God, 23 and God 24 in him. Now by this 25 we know that God 26 resides in us: by the Spirit he has given us.