1 John 3:21
My beloved, if our heart condemn us not, we have openness of face before Aloha.
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
In The King James Version
Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God.
In Context
Cross References
1 Corinthians 4:4for of nothing in myself am I conscious; but not by this am I justified, but my judge is the Lord.
1 Timothy 2:8I wish then for men to pray in every place, uplifting their hands purely and without wrath and without disputations.
Hebrews 10:22Let us, therefore, draw near with a confirmed heart, and the full security of faith, with our hearts sprinkled and cleansed from an evil conscience, and our body washed with pure waters;
1 John 4:17And in this is his love perfected with us, that openness of face we might have in the day of judgment; because that as He was, so also 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 →