And if we know ¹  that he hears us in regard to whatever we ask, then we know that we have the requests that we have asked from him.

Now ¹  by this we know that we have come to know God: ²  if we keep his commandments.

Dear friends, if our conscience does not condemn us, we have confidence in the presence of God,

If we say we do not bear the guilt of sin, ¹  we are deceiving ourselves and the truth is not in us.

If you know that he is righteous, you also know ¹  that everyone who practices righteousness has been fathered ²  by him.

If we say we have fellowship with him and yet keep on walking ¹  in the darkness, we are lying and not practicing ²  the truth.

But if we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous, ¹  forgiving ²  us our sins and cleansing ³  us from all unrighteousness.

If we say we have not sinned, we make him a liar and his word is not in us.

(My little children, ¹  I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. ² ) But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate ³  with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous One, ⁴ 

Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him,

And now, little children, remain ¹  in him, ²  so that when ³  he appears we may have confidence and not shrink away from him in shame when he comes back. ⁴ 

that ¹  if our conscience condemns ²  us, that ³  God is greater than our conscience and knows all things.

and ¹  whatever we ask we receive from him, because ²  we keep his commandments and do the things that are pleasing to him.

No one has seen God at any time. ¹  If we love one another, God resides ²  in us, and his love is perfected in us. ³ 

If anyone ¹  confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God resides ²  in him and he in God.

And this is the confidence that we have before him: that ¹  whenever ²  we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.

But if we walk in the light as he himself is in the light, we have fellowship with one another and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses ¹  us from all sin. ² 

As for you, what you have heard from the beginning must remain ¹  in you. If what you heard from the beginning remains in you, you also will remain in the Son and in the Father.

Dear friends, we are God’s children now, and what we will be ¹  has not yet been revealed. We ²  know that ³  whenever ⁴  it ⁵  is revealed ⁶  we will be like him, because ⁷  we will see him just as he is. ⁸ 

If ¹  anyone sees his fellow Christian ²  committing a sin not resulting in death, ³  he should ask, and God ⁴  will grant ⁵  life to the person who commits a sin not resulting in death. ⁶  There is a sin resulting in death. ⁷  I do not say that he should ask about that.