Add parallel Print Page Options

19 And by this we will know that we are (A)of the truth, and will [a]assure our heart before Him 20 [b]in whatever our heart condemns us; for God is greater than our heart and knows all things. 21 (B)Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have (C)confidence [c]before God; 22 and (D)whatever we ask we receive from Him, because we (E)keep His commandments and do (F)the things that are pleasing in His sight.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. 1 John 3:19 Lit persuade
  2. 1 John 3:20 Or that if our heart condemns us, that God...
  3. 1 John 3:21 Lit toward

19 By this[a] we know that we are of the truth and will convince our heart before him, 20 that[b] if our heart condemns us, that God is greater than our heart and knows all things. 21 Dear friends, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence before God, 22 and whatever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do what is pleasing in his sight[c].

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. 1 John 3:19 Some manuscripts have “And by this”
  2. 1 John 3:20 Or “because”
  3. 1 John 3:22 Literally “in the sight of him”