1 John 3:21
Beloved, if our heart should not condemn us, we have confidence toward God,
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God.
In Context
20Because if our heart should condemn us, that God is greater than our heart, and knows all things.
Cross References
Job 22:26For then shall thou delight thyself in the Almighty, and shall lift up thy face to God.
Psalms 7:3O LORD my God, if I have done this, if there be iniquity in my hands,
1 Corinthians 4:4for I know nothing on myself. Yet I have not been made righteous in this, but he who appraises me is Lord.
1 Timothy 2:8I desire therefore the men to pray in every place, lifting up devout hands, apart from anger and argument.
Hebrews 10:22let us approach with a TRUE heart in full assurance of faith, our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our body washed in pure water.
1 John 4:17By this love has been fully perfected with us, so that we may have boldness in the day of judgment, because just as that man is, we also are in this world.
Matthew Henry on 1 John 3:21-23
The Testimony of Conscience. ( a. d. 80.) 20 For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things. 21 Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God. 22 And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight. The apostle, having intimated that there may be, even among us, such a privilege as an assurance or sound persuasion of heart towards God, proceeds here, I. To establish the court of… Read the whole commentary →