1 John 3:19
And by this we make known that we are of the truth, and before that he cometh we make confident our hearts.
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
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 sons, let us not love one another in words and in tongue, but in works and in truth.
Cross References
John 18:37Pilatos saith to him, Then thou art a king? Jeshu saith to him, Thou hast said that I am a king. For this am I born, and for this I came into the world, to testify of the truth. Every one who is of the truth heareth my voice.
Romans 8:38For I am persuaded that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor authorities, nor powers, nor things subsisting, nor things to come,
Hebrews 6:10For not unrighteous is Aloha, that he should forget your works and your charity which ye have manifested in his name, who have ministered unto the saints, and do minister.
Hebrews 11:13In faith died these all, not having gotten their promise, but from afar had beheld it, and exulted in it, and confessed that strangers they were, and sojourners in the earth.
1 John 3:14We know that we have passed from death unto life, by this, that we love our brethren. He who loveth not his brother, in death continueth.
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 →