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1 John 3:21

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Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Commandments;   Conscience;   Faith;   Righteousness;   Thompson Chain Reference - Condemnation;   No;   Salvation-Condemnation;   The Topic Concordance - Condemnation;   Confidence;   Giving and Gifts;   Holy Spirit;   Jesus Christ;   Obedience;   Receiving;   Truth;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Conscience;   Self-Examination;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Assurance;   Conscience;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Sin Unto Death;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Union to Christ;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Conscience;   Heart;   John, the Letters of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - John, Epistles of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Assurance;   Assurance (2);   Boldness;   John Epistles of;   Justification;   Will;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Condemn;   Confidence;   Interrogation;   John, the Epistles of;  

Devotionals:

- Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for July 25;  

Contextual Overview

20 if our hearts know something against us, God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything. 20 that if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart and knows all things. 20 because if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and knows all things. 20 If our hearts condemn us, God is greater than our hearts and knows everything.1 Corinthians 4:4;">[xr] 20 And if our heart condemn us, how much (more) Aloha, who is greater than our heart, and knoweth every thing ! 20 But if our heart condemneth us, how much greater is God than our heart, and knowing all things? 20 because if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things. 20 When our heart says that we have done wrong; because God is greater than our heart, and has knowledge of all things. 20 for whenever our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and he knows everything. 20 For if our heart condemne vs, God is greater then our heart, and knoweth all things.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God.
2:28; 4:17; Job 22:26; 27:6; Psalms 7:3-5; 101:2; 1 Corinthians 4:4; 2 Corinthians 1:12; 1 Timothy 2:8; Hebrews 4:16; 10:22
Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 20:1 - What have;  1 Samuel 24:5 - David's heart;  2 Samuel 24:10 - David's heart;  2 Kings 20:3 - in truth;  Psalm 17:1 - Hear;  Psalm 99:7 - kept;  Psalm 119:6 - shall I;  Isaiah 38:3 - I have;  Isaiah 58:9 - shalt thou;  Jeremiah 12:3 - knowest;  Matthew 7:21 - that;  Luke 11:28 - GeneralJohn 9:31 - and doeth;  John 15:10 - ye keep;  Romans 8:27 - according;  Romans 14:22 - Happy;  1 Corinthians 11:28 - let a;  2 Corinthians 13:5 - Examine;  1 Thessalonians 1:3 - in the;  1 Thessalonians 3:13 - he may;  1 John 3:19 - shall;  1 John 5:14 - this

Cross-References

Genesis 3:2
And the woman said to the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden;
Genesis 3:2
The woman answered the snake, "No, we can eat fruit from the trees in the garden.
Genesis 3:2
The woman said to the serpent, "Of the fruit of the trees of the garden we may eat,
Genesis 3:2
And the woman said unto the serpent: 'Of the fruit of the trees of the garden we may eat;
Genesis 3:2
And the woman said, We may take of the fruit of the trees in the garden:
Genesis 3:2
And the woman sayde vnto the serpent: We eate of ye fruite of the trees of the garden.
Genesis 3:2
And the woman said vnto the serpent, We eate of the fruite of the trees of the garden,
Genesis 3:2
And the woman said to the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of all the trees of the garden;
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"We may eat the fruit of any tree in the garden," the woman answered,
Genesis 3:2
Now the serpent was the most crafty of all the brutes on the earth, which the Lord God made, and the serpent said to the woman, Wherefore has God said, Eat not of every tree of the garden?

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Beloved, if our heart condemn us not,.... Which must be understood, not of a stupidity of mind, as is in unregenerate men, who have no sense of sin, no sorrow for it, or remorse of conscience on account of it; or as is in them who are past feeling; having their consciences seared as with a red hot iron; such cannot be entitled to the advantages that follow; nor is it of persons the apostle speaks, but of himself, and Christians, the beloved of the Lord, and one another, who had an experience of the grace of God upon their souls, and made a profession of religion: nor does it design such a purity of heart and life in believers, as that their hearts do not smite, reproach, and condemn them for sin at any time, for such a state of perfection is not to be attained to and expected in this life; but rather a conscience purged by the blood of Christ, or an heart sprinkled from an evil conscience by that blood, which speaks peace and pardon, so that there is no more conscience of sin, for the removal of which that is applied; and this gives boldness and confidence at the throne of grace: though it is best of all to confine it to the case of brotherly love; for the sense is not, if our heart condemn us not of anything but of the want of brotherly love, or insincerity in it,

then have we confidence towards God; or with him, at the throne of his grace: such can draw nigh to him, and stand before him with an holy and humble confidence, when such as hate the brethren, as Cain did, in whom the apostle instances, and those that go in his way, cannot; whose heart condemned him, his conscience smote him, and he went from the presence of the Lord; but those that love the brethren have confidence of their relation to God; by this they know their regeneration, and by that their adoption, and so that they are the children of God; and can therefore draw nigh to God as their Father, and call him so; they can come with an holy boldness and intrepidity of mind before him, and use a παρρησια, "freedom of speech", with him; can tell him all their mind, pour out their souls unto him, and lay before him their case and wants; they have confidence of his power, faithfulness, and willingness to supply their need, and fulfil all his promises to them, and that their prayers will be heard, answered, and regarded by him in his own time.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Beloved, if our heart condemn us not - If we so live as to have an approving conscience - that is, if we indulge in no secret sin; if we discharge faithfully every known duty; if we submit without complaining to all the allotments of Divine Providence.

Then have we confidence toward God - Compare the 1 John 3:19; 1 John 2:28 notes; Acts 24:16 note. The apostle evidently does not mean that we have confidence toward God on the ground of what we do, as if it were meritorious, or as if it constituted a claim to his favor; but that we may so live as to have evidence of personal piety, and that we may look forward with a confident hope that we shall be accepted of him in the great day. The word here rendered “confidence” - παῤῥησίαν parrēsian- means properly “boldness;” usually boldness or openness in speaking our sentiments. See the notes at 1 John 2:28. The confidence or boldness which we have toward our Maker is founded solely on the evidence that he will graciously accept us as pardoned sinners; not in the belief that we deserve his favor.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

If our heart condemn us not - If we be conscious to ourselves of our own sincerity, that we practice not deceit, and use no mask, then have we confidence toward God - we can appeal to him for our sincerity, and we can come with boldness to the throne of grace, to obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need. And therefore says the apostle,


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