1 John 3:21
Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence toward God.
English Majority Text (NT)
In The King James Version
Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God.
In Context
20Because if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and He knows all things.
Cross References
1 Corinthians 4:4For I am conscious of nothing, but I have not been justified by this; but He who judges me is the Lord.
1 Timothy 2:8I desire therefore that men pray in every place, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.
Hebrews 10:22let us approach with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies having been washed with pure water.
1 John 4:17By this love has been perfected with us: that we may have confidence in the Day of Judgment; because just 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 →