1 John 3:21
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
21 Beloved, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have boldness before God,
Read full chapter
1 John 2:28
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
28 And now, little children, abide in him, so that when he is revealed we may have confidence and not be put to shame before him at his coming.(A)
Read full chapter
Hebrews 4:16
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
16 Let us therefore approach the throne of grace with boldness, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
Read full chapter
2 Corinthians 1:12
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
The Postponement of Paul’s Visit
12 Indeed, this is our boast, the testimony of our conscience: we have behaved in the world with holiness[a] and godly sincerity, not by earthly wisdom but by the grace of God—and all the more toward you.(A)
Read full chapterFootnotes
- 1.12 Other ancient authorities read simplicity
Psalm 7:3-5
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
3 O Lord my God, if I have done this,
if there is wrong in my hands,(A)
4 if I have repaid my ally with harm
or plundered my foe without cause,(B)
5 then let the enemy pursue and overtake me,
trample my life to the ground,
and lay my soul in the dust. Selah
Psalm 101:2
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
2 I will study the way that is blameless.
When shall I attain it?
I will walk with integrity of heart
within my house;(A)
1 John 5:14
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
14 And this is the boldness we have in him, that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.
Read full chapter
Hebrews 10:22
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
22 let us approach with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.(A)
Read full chapter
1 Corinthians 4:4
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
4 I am not aware of anything against myself, but I am not thereby acquitted. It is the Lord who judges me.
Read full chapter
Job 27:6
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
6 I hold fast my righteousness and will not let it go;
my heart will not reproach me as long as I live.(A)
Job 22:26
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Footnotes
- 22.26 Traditional rendering of Heb Shaddai
1 John 4:17
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
17 Love has been perfected among us in this: that we may have boldness on the day of judgment, because as he is, so are we in this world.(A)
Read full chapter
1 Timothy 2:8
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
8 I desire, then, that in every place the men should pray, lifting up holy hands without anger or argument,
Read full chapterNew Revised Standard Version, Updated Edition. Copyright © 2021 National Council of Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.