1 John 3:19
This is how we will know we belong to the truth and reassure ourselves in God’s presence:
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him.
In Context
18My children, our love must not be mere words or talk. It must be true and show itself in actions.
20though our conscience condemns us, God is greater than our conscience and knows everything.
Cross References
John 18:37“So you are a king after all!” exclaimed Pilate. “Yes, it is true I am a king,” answered Jesus. “I was born for this, I have come into the world for this – to bear testimony to the truth. Everyone who is on the side of truth listens to my voice.”
Romans 8:38For I am persuaded that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor archangels, nor the present, nor the future, nor any powers,
Hebrews 6:10For God is not unjust; he will not forget the work that you did, and the love that you showed for his name, in sending help to your fellow Christians – as you are still doing.
Hebrews 11:13All these died sustained by faith. They did not obtain the promised blessings, but they saw them from a distance and welcomed the sight, and they acknowledged themselves to be only foreigners and strangers on the earth.
1 John 3:14We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love each other. The person who does not love remains in a state of death.
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 →