1 John 3:21
Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, we have confidence toward God,
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God.
In Context
20for if our heart condemn us, we know that God is greater than our heart, and knows all things.
Cross References
1 Corinthians 4:4For, though I am conscious of no wrong, yet by this I am not justified: but he that judges me is the Lord.
1 Timothy 2:8I will, therefore, that the men pray everywhere, lifting up holy hands without wrath and disputation.
Hebrews 10:22let us draw near with a true heart, in full assurance of faith, having; our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water;
1 John 4:17By this is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment; because, as he is, so are we 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 →