1 John 3:22-24 Whatever we ask we receive from Him because we obey His commandments and do the things that are pleasing in His sight.

NSB⁽ⁱ⁾ ²² Whatever we ask we receive from Him because we obey His commandments and do the things that are pleasing in His sight. ²³ This is his commandment, that we should believe in the name of His Son Jesus Christ, and love one another. He gave us this commandment! ²⁴ The one who obeys God's commandments lives in God, and God lives in (with) Him. We know that He lives in (with) us by the Spirit He gave us.