1 John 3:21
Beloved, if our hearts don’t condemn us, we have boldness toward God;
World Messianic Bible
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 knows all things.
Cross References
Job 22:26For then you will delight yourself in the Almighty, and will lift up your face to God.
Psalms 7:3LORD, my God, if I have done this, if there is iniquity in my hands,
1 Corinthians 4:4For I know nothing against myself. Yet I am not justified by this, but he who judges me is the Lord.
1 Timothy 2:8I desire therefore that the men in every place pray, lifting up holy hands without anger and doubting.
Hebrews 10:22let’s draw near with a true heart in fullness of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and having our body washed with pure water,
1 John 4:17In this, love has been made perfect among us, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment, because as he is, even so we 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 →