1 John 3:21
Chaverim, if our levavot do not bring us under the gezar din (verdict) of ashem (guilty), we have bitachon before Hashem.
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God.
In Context
20That if our levavot condemn us, Hashem is greater than our levavot, and He has da'as of all things.
Cross References
Job 22:26For then shalt thou have thy delight in Shaddai, 1 and shalt lift up thy face unto Eloah. 1
Psalms 7:3Lest he tear my nefesh like a lion, rending it in pieces, 1 while there is none to rescue. 1
1 Corinthians 4:4I am aware of nothing against myself, but not in this have I been yitzdak (justified); it is the L-rd who is my Shofet (Judge). + 4:4 Gn 18:25; Dan 7:13-14
1 Timothy 2:8I want, therefore, kol bnei Adam to daven in every shul, lifting up yadayim kodesh (holy hands) without ka'as (anger) and madon (strife).
Hebrews 10:22Let us approach and draw near to Hashem with a lev shalem, with full assurance and bitachon of Emunah, our levavot having been sprinkled clean (tehorim) + 10:22 YAZZEH, “MOSHIACH WILL SPRINKLE,” Isa 52:15 from an evil matzpun (conscience) and our bodies plunged kluhr (pure) into a tevilah in a mikveh mayim. + 10:22 Ezek 36:25-26
1 John 4:17By this has the ahavah become shleimah with us, that we may have bitachon in the Yom HaDin, because as that One is, so we are also in the Olam Hazeh.
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 →