1 John 3:19
This is how we will know that we belong to the truth, and how we will set our minds at rest before God
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him.
In Context
20whenever we think we're in the wrong. God is greater than how we think, and he knows everything.
Cross References
Isaiah 32:17Living right will bring peace and security that endures.
John 18:37Then Pilate asked, “So you are a king, then?” “You say that I'm a king,” Jesus replied. “The reason why I was born and I came to the world was to give evidence for the truth. All those who accept the truth pay attention to what I say.”
Romans 8:38I'm absolutely convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor devils, neither the present nor the future, nor powers,
Hebrews 6:10God wouldn't be so unjust as to forget what you've done and the love you've shown for him by the care you've shown for fellow-believers—something you're still doing.
Hebrews 11:13They all died still trusting in God. Though they didn't receive the things God promised, they were still looking for them as it were from a distance and welcomed them, acknowledging that on this earth they were foreigners, people just passing through.
1 John 3:14The reason we know that we have changed from death to life is because we love our Christian brothers and sisters. Anyone who doesn't love remains dead.
Matthew Henry on 1 John 3:15-20
Brotherly Love. ( a. d. 80.) 14 We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death. 15 Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him. 16 Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. 17 But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from… Read the whole commentary →