1 João 3:21 NVT

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 John 3:19-22

The privileges of Christian loyalty. Connecting link: The ἔν τούτῳ with which our present paragraph begins is the connecting link between the material of this homily and that of the last. It connects the privileges here specified with the duties there enjoined. No verses of the Epistles of John lead us more into the very heart-work of religion than do these; nor are there any the construction of which is so complex, and the exact meaning thereof less easy to ascertain. We have... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 John 3:19-22

The judicial function of conscience. "And hereby we know that we are of the truth," etc. Our text suggests the following observations. I. THAT CONSCIENCE EXERCISES A. JUDICIAL FUNCTION IN MAN . By "our heart" in the text St. John means, as Alford says, "the heart as the seat of the conscience, giving rise there to peace or to terror, according as it is at rest or in disquietude.… The heart here is the inward judge of the man." Many are the definitions of "conscience."... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 John 3:21

Beloved ( 1 John 2:7 ; 1 John 3:2 ), there is a still more blessed possibility. If the consciousness of genuine love will sustain us before God when our heart reproaches us, much more may we have confidence towards him ( 1 John 2:28 ) when it does not reproach us. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 John 3:21

Beloved, if our heart condemn us not - If we so live as to have an approving conscience - that is, if we indulge in no secret sin; if we discharge faithfully every known duty; if we submit without complaining to all the allotments of Divine Providence.Then have we confidence toward God - Compare the 1 John 3:19; 1 John 2:28 notes; Acts 24:16 note. The apostle evidently does not mean that we have confidence toward God on the ground of what we do, as if it were meritorious, or as if it... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 John 3:21-22

1 John 3:21-22. Beloved, if our heart condemn us not If our conscience, duly enlightened by the word and Spirit of God, and comparing all our thoughts, words, and works with that word, pronounce that they agree therewith; then have we confidence toward God Our consciousness of his favour continues, with liberty of access to him, and intercourse with him; and we have this further blessing, that whatsoever we ask According to his will; we receive of him Or shall receive in the time,... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 1 John 3:11-24

God’s children love one another (3:11-24)Since Christians do what is right and refuse what is wrong, their lives will be characterized by love. But the world will not respond kindly to their goodness, just as Cain did not respond kindly to Abel’s (11-12). When sinners are shamed by the uprightness of others, the outcome usually is that they hate them for it (13). Hate produces murder, and murder is obviously not a characteristic of the Christian (14-15).Those who have genuine love, instead of... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 John 3:21

confidence . See 1 John 2:28 . toward . App-104 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 1 John 3:21

Beloved, if our heart condemns us not, we have boldness toward God;Whatever consolation may have been intended in the preceding verses, a greater consolation is promised for the Christian who will keep his conscience clean. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 1 John 3:21

1 John 3:21. Beloved, if our heart condemn us not,— Though the expression is negative in the text, it must imply somewhat positive; namely, that conscience should upon examination acquit us. St. John is speaking here notof Jews, Heathens, Infidels, hypocrites, or vicious persons; but of himself, and other real Christians, who were experimentallyacquainted with the pure gospel, and might easily examine their hearts and lives thereby. If such, upon a careful examination, find a divine conformity... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 1 John 3:21

21. Beloved—There is no "But" contrasting the two cases, 1 John 3:20; 1 John 3:21, because "Beloved" sufficiently marks the transition to the case of the brethren walking in the full confidence of love (1 John 3:21- :). The two results of our being able to "assure our hearts before Him" (1 John 3:19), and of "our heart condemning us not" (of insincerity as to the truth in general, and as to LOVE in particular) are, (1) confidence toward God; (2) a sure answer to our prayers. John does not mean... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 John 3:19-22

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 John 3:19-22

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 John 3:21

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 John 3:21

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 John 3:21-22

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 1 John 3:11-24

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 John 3:21

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 1 John 3:21

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 1 John 3:21

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 1 John 3:21

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