1 JOHN 3:21 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God.”
Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence toward God — the clear conscience (me kataginosko) produces boldness (parrēsia) before God. Confidence rests not on sinlessness but on honest confrontation of sin through practical love.
Church Fathers on 1 John 3:21
“Beloved, if our heart think not ill of us, we have confidence towards God:” 1 John 3:21 — What means, “If our heart think not ill”? If it make true answer to us, that we love and that there is genuine love in us: not feigned but sincere; seeking a brother's salvation, expecting no emolument from a brother, but only his salvation— “we have confidence toward God: and whatsoever we ask, we shall receive of Him, because we keep His commandments.” 1 John 3:21-22 — Therefore, not…
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