1 John 3:21
Dear friends, if we're reassured we're not in the wrong, we can have confidence before God.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God.
In Context
20whenever we think we're in the wrong. God is greater than how we think, and he knows everything.
Cross References
Job 22:26Then you will find delight in the Almighty, and be able to face him without feeling ashamed.
Psalms 7:3If I have done what I'm accused of, if my hands are guilty,
1 Corinthians 4:4I don't know of anything I've done wrong, but that doesn't make me morally right. It's the Lord who judges me.
1 Timothy 2:8What I really want is for men everywhere to pray sincerely to God. No anger or arguments!
Hebrews 10:22let us come close to God with sincere minds, totally trusting in him. Our minds have been sprinkled to purify them from our evil way of thinking, and our bodies have been washed clean by pure water.
1 John 4:17This is how love is made complete in us so that we can be confident on judgment day: by the fact that we live just like him 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 →