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1 John 3:21 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" Beloved, if our hearts don’t condemn us, we have boldness toward God; "
1 John 3:21
Verse in Context
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19 And by this we know that we are of the truth and persuade our hearts before him,
20 because if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and knows all things.
21 Beloved, if our hearts don’t condemn us, we have boldness toward God;
22 so whatever we ask, we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do the things that are pleasing in his sight.
23 This is his commandment, that we should believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and love one another, even as he commanded.
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1 John 3:1
"See how great a love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God! For this cause the world doesn’t know us, because it didn’t know him."
1 John 3:2
"Beloved, now we are children of God. It is not yet revealed what we will be; but we know that when he is revealed, we will be like him, for we will see him just as he is."
1 John 3:3
"Everyone who has this hope set on him purifies himself, even as he is pure."
1 John 3:4
"Everyone who sins also commits lawlessness. Sin is lawlessness."
1 John 3:5
"You know that he was revealed to take away our sins, and no sin is in him."
1 John 3:6
"Whoever remains in him doesn’t sin. Whoever sins hasn’t seen him and doesn’t know him."
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