1 John 3:19
Hereby, shall we get to know, that, of the truth, we are, and, before him, shall persuade our heart;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him.
In Context
18Dear children! Let us not be loving in word, nor yet with the tongue, but in deed and truth.
20Because, if our own heart condemn us, greater, is God, than our heart, and perceiveth all things.
Cross References
Isaiah 32:17And the yield of righteousness, shall be, peace,—And the tillage of righteousness, quietness, and confidence! to times age-abiding;
John 18:37Pilate, therefore, said unto him—And yet, thou, art, not a king? Jesus answered—Thou, sayest, that, a king, I am: I, for this, have been born, and, for this, have come into the world,—that I may bear witness unto the truth: Every one who is of the truth, hearkeneth unto my voice.
Romans 8:38For I am persuaded that—neither death nor life, nor messengers nor principalities, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers,
Hebrews 6:10For, not unrighteous, is God, to be forgetful of your work and of the love which ye have shewn forth for his name, in that ye have ministered unto the saints, and are ministering,
Hebrews 11:13In faith, all these died—not bearing away the promises, but, from afar, beholding and saluting them, and confessing that, strangers and sojourners, were they upon the land.
1 John 3:14We, know, that we have passed over out of death into life, because we love the brethren: he that loveth not, abideth in 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 →