We must believe in God’s Son and love each other in order to be confident that we have a close relationship with God and that we will receive what we ask from him.

1 John 3:19-24

19 When we truly love our fellow believers, we can be sure that we are conducting our lives according to the true message. As a result, we will not feel guilty/ashamed when we talk [MTY] to God. 20 We can pray confidently, because although we might feel guilty/ashamed about our sins, God is ◄greater/more worthy to be trusted► than what we feel. He knows everything about us. 21 Dear friends, when we do not feel guilty because of our sins, we can pray to God confidently. 22 And, when we confidently pray to him and request something from him, we receive it because we do what he commands us to do, and because we do what pleases him. 23 I will tell you what he commands us to do: We must believe that Jesus Christ is ◄his Son/the one who is also God►. We must also love each other, just like he commanded us to do. 24 Those who do what God commands are ones who have a close relationship with God, and God has a close relationship with them. I will tell you how we can be sure that God has a close relationship with us: It is because we have his Spirit, whom he gave to us, that we can be sure that God has a close relationship with us.