1 John 3:21
Beloved! if our heart be not condemning us, boldness, have we, towards God;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God.
In Context
20Because, if our own heart condemn us, greater, is God, than our heart, and perceiveth all things.
Cross References
Job 22:26For, then, in the Almighty, shalt thou take exquisite delight, and shalt lift up—unto GOD—thy face;
Psalms 7:3O Yahweh my God, If I have done this, If there hath been perversity in my hands:
1 Corinthians 4:4For, of nothing, to myself, am I conscious: nevertheless, not hereby, am I declared righteous, but, he that doth examine me, is the Lord.
1 Timothy 2:8I am minded, therefore, that—the men in every place be offering prayer, uplifting hands of lovingkindness, apart from anger and disputings;
Hebrews 10:22Let us approach with a genuine heart, in full assurance of faith, having been sprinkled, as to our hearts, from an evil conscience, and bathed, as to our bodies, with pure water;
1 John 4:17Herein, hath love with us, been made perfect,—in order that, boldness, we might have in the day of judging,—in that, just as, He, is, we also, 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 →