1 John 3:21 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Beloved, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have boldness before God,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

And, beloved, if our consciences (our hearts) do not accuse us [if they do not make us feel guilty and condemn us], we have confidence (complete assurance and boldness) before God,

American Standard Version (1901)

Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, we have boldness toward God;

Common English Bible

Dear friends, if our hearts don’t condemn us, we have confidence in relationship to God.

Catholic Public Domain Version

Most beloved, if our heart does not reproach us, we can have confidence toward God;

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Dearly beloved, if our heart do not reprehend us, we have confidence towards God:

1 John 3:21 Cross References

Job 22:26

then you will delight yourself in the Almighty and lift up your face to God.

Job 27:6

I hold fast my righteousness and will not let it go; my heart will not reproach me as long as I live.

Psalm 101:2

I will study the way that is blameless. When shall I attain it? I will walk with integrity of heart within my house;

Romans 14:22

Hold the conviction that you have as your own before God. Blessed are those who do not condemn themselves because of what they approve.

1 Corinthians 4:4

I am not aware of anything against myself, but I am not thereby acquitted. It is the Lord who judges me.

2 Corinthians 1:12

Indeed, this is our boast, the testimony of our conscience: we have behaved in the world with holiness and godly sincerity, not by earthly wisdom but by the grace of God—and all the more toward you.

Ephesians 3:12

in whom we have access in boldness and confidence through faith in him.

1 Timothy 2:8

I desire, then, that in every place the men should pray, lifting up holy hands without anger or argument,

Hebrews 10:22

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.

Hebrews 4:16

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.

1 John 2:28

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.

1 John 2:7

Beloved, I am writing you no new commandment but an old commandment that you have had from the beginning; the old commandment is the word that you have heard.

1 John 3:2

Beloved, we are God’s children now; what we will be has not yet been revealed. What we do know is this: when he is revealed, we will be like him, for we will see him as he is.

1 John 3:20

whenever our hearts condemn us, for God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything.

1 John 4:17

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.

1 John 5:14

And this is the boldness we have in him, that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.