1 John 3:21
Dearly beloved, if our heart do not reprehend us, we have confidence towards God:
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God.
In Context
20For if our heart reprehend us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things.
Cross References
Job 22:26Then shalt thou abound in delights in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face to God.
Psalms 7:3Lest at any time he seize upon my soul like a lion, while there is no one to redeem me, nor to save.
1 Corinthians 4:4For I am not conscious to myself of any thing, yet am I not hereby justified; but he that judgeth me, is the Lord.
1 Timothy 2:8I will therefore that men pray in every place, lifting up pure hands, without anger and contention.
Hebrews 10:22Let us draw near with a true heart in fulness of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with clean water.
1 John 4:17In this is the charity of God perfected with us, that we may have confidence in the day of judgment: because as he 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 →