1 John 3:21
Dear friends, if our conscience does not condemn us, then we approach God with confidence,
Twentieth Century New Testament
In The King James Version
Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God.
In Context
20that if our conscience condemns us, yet God is greater than our conscience and knows everything.
Cross References
1 Corinthians 4:4for, though I am conscious of nothing against myself, that does not prove me innocent. It is the Lord who is my judge.
1 Timothy 2:8My desire, then, is that it should be the custom everywhere for the men to lead the prayers, with hands reverently uplifted, avoiding heated controversy.
Hebrews 10:22let us draw near to God in all sincerity of heart and in perfect faith, with our hearts purified by the sprinkled blood from all consciousness of wrong, and with our bodies washed with pure water.
1 John 4:17It is through this that love has attained its perfection in us, so that we may have confidence on the Day of Judgment, because what Christ is that 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 →