1 John 3:19

The Passion Translation

We know that the truth lives within us because we demonstrate love in action, which will reassure our hearts in his presence.

Cross References

Psalm 119:56

All this joy is mine as I follow your ways!

Isaiah 32:17

The work of righteousness is peace, and the result of righteousness is quietness and confidence forever.

John 13:35

For when you demonstrate the same love I have for you by loving one another, everyone will know that you’re my true followers.”

John 18:37

Then Pilate responded, “Oh, so then you are a king?” “You are right.” Jesus said, “I was born a King, and I have come into this world to prove what truth really is. And everyone who loves the truth will receive my words.”

Romans 8:38

So now I live with the confidence that there is nothing in the universe with the power to separate us from God’s love. I’m convinced that his love will triumph over death, life’s troubles, fallen angels, or dark rulers in the heavens. There is nothing in our present or future circumstances that can weaken his love.

2 Timothy 1:12

The confidence of my calling enables me to overcome every difficulty without shame, for I have an intimate revelation of this God. And my faith in him convinces me that he is more than able to keep all that I’ve placed in his hands safe and secure until the fullness of his appearing.

Hebrews 10:22

we come closer to God and approach him with an open heart, fully convinced that nothing will keep us at a distance from him. For our hearts have been sprinkled with blood to remove impurity, and we have been freed from an accusing conscience. Now we are clean, unstained, and presentable to God inside and out!

Hebrews 11:13

These heroes all died still clinging to their faith, not even receiving all that had been promised them. But they saw beyond the horizon the fulfillment of their promises and gladly embraced it from afar. They all lived their lives on earth as those who belonged to another realm.

1 John 1:8

If we boast that we have no sin, we’re only fooling ourselves and are strangers to the truth.

1 John 2:21

So I’m writing to you not because you don’t know the truth, but because you do know it, and no lie belongs to the truth.

1 John 3:14

Yet we can be assured that we have been translated from spiritual death into spiritual life because we love the family of believers. A loveless life remains spiritually dead.

1 John 3:20

Whenever our hearts make us feel guilty and remind us of our failures, we know that God is much greater and more merciful than our conscience, and he knows everything there is to know about us.

1 John 3:21

My delightfully loved friends, when our hearts don’t condemn us, we have a bold freedom to speak face-to-face with God.