1 John 3:24

Contemporary English Version 1995

If we obey God's commandments, we will stay one in our hearts with him, and he will stay one with us. The Spirit he has given us is proof that we are one with him.

Cross References

1 Corinthians 3:16

All of you surely know you are God's temple and his Spirit lives in you.

2 Timothy 1:14

You have been trusted with a wonderful treasure. Guard it with the help of the Holy Spirit, who lives within us.

1 John 2:6

If we say we are his, we must follow the example of Christ.

1 Corinthians 6:19

You surely know that your body is a temple where the Holy Spirit lives. The Spirit is in you and is a gift from God. You are no longer your own.

1 John 4:7

My dear friends, we must love each other. Love comes from God, and when we love each other, it shows we have been given new life. We are now God's children, and we know him.

John 17:21

I want all of them to be one with each other, just as I am one with you and you are one with me. I also want them to be one with us. Then the people of this world will believe that you sent me.

1 John 3:22

He will give us whatever we ask, because we obey him and do what pleases him.

2 Corinthians 6:16

Do idols belong in the temple of God? We are the temple of the living God, as God himself says, “I will live with these people and walk among them. I will be their God, and they will be my people.”

John 10:38

But if I do what my Father does, you should believe because of that, even if you don't have faith in me. Then you will know for certain that the Father is one with me, and I am one with the Father.

John 14:17

The Spirit will show you what is true. The people of this world cannot accept the Spirit, because they don't see or know him. But you know the Spirit, who is with you and will keep on living in you.

1 Thessalonians 4:8

So if you don't obey these rules, you are not really disobeying us. Instead, you are disobeying God, who gives you his Holy Spirit.

1 John 2:3

When we obey God, we are sure we know him.

1 John 2:5

We truly love God only when we obey him as we should, and then we know we belong to him.

1 John 2:24

Keep thinking about the message you first heard, and you will always be one in your heart with the Son and with the Father.