1 John 3:21
Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God.
Updated King James Version
In The King James Version
Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God.
In Context
20For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knows all things.
Cross References
Job 22:26For then shall you have your delight in the Almighty, and shall lift up your face unto God.
Psalms 7:3O LORD my God, If I have done this; if there be iniquity in my hands;
1 Corinthians 4:4For I know nothing by myself; yet am I not hereby justified: but he that judges me is the Lord.
1 Timothy 2:8I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.
Hebrews 10:22Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.
1 John 4:17Herein is our love (o. agape) made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we 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 →