1 John 3:21

Bible in Basic English (1941)

My loved ones, if our heart does not say that we have done wrong, we have no fear before him;

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  • 1 John 2:28 : 28 And now, my children, keep your hearts in him; so that at his revelation, we may have no fear or shame before him at his coming.
  • 1 John 5:14 : 14 And we are certain that if we make any request to him which is right in his eyes, he will give ear to us:
  • Job 22:26 : 26 For then you will have delight in the Ruler of all, and your face will be lifted up to God.
  • 2 Cor 1:12 : 12 For our glory is in this, in the knowledge which we have that our way of life in the world, and most of all in relation to you, has been holy and true in the eyes of God; not in the wisdom of the flesh, but in the grace of God.
  • Heb 4:16 : 16 Then let us come near to the seat of grace without fear, so that mercy may be given to us, and we may get grace for our help in time of need.
  • Job 27:6 : 6 I will keep it safe, and will not let it go: my heart has nothing to say against any part of my life.
  • Ps 7:3-5 : 3 O Lord my God, if I have done this; if my hands have done any wrong; 4 If I have given back evil to him who did evil to me, or have taken anything from him who was against me without cause; 5 Let my hater go after my soul and take it; let my life be crushed to the earth, and my honour into the dust. (Selah.)
  • Ps 101:2 : 2 I will do wisely in the way of righteousness: O when will you come to me? I will be walking in my house with a true heart.
  • 1 Cor 4:4 : 4 For I am not conscious of any wrong in myself; but this does not make me clear, for it is the Lord who is my judge.
  • Heb 10:22 : 22 Let us go in with true hearts, in certain faith, having our hearts made free from the sense of sin and our bodies washed with clean water:
  • 1 Tim 2:8 : 8 It is my desire, then, that in every place men may give themselves to prayer, lifting up holy hands, without wrath or argument.
  • 1 John 4:17 : 17 In this way love is made complete in us, so that we may be without fear on the day of judging, because as he is, so are we in this world.

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    18 My little children, do not let our love be in word and in tongue, but let it be in act and in good faith.

    19 In this way we may be certain that we are true, and may give our heart comfort before him,

    20 When our heart says that we have done wrong; because God is greater than our heart, and has knowledge of all things.

  • 1 John 1:5-10
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    5 This is the word which came to us from him and which we give to you, that God is light and in him there is nothing dark.

    6 If we say we are joined to him, and are walking still in the dark, our words are false and our acts are untrue:

    7 But if we are walking in the light, as he is in the light, we are all united with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son makes us clean from all sin.

    8 If we say that we have no sin, we are false to ourselves and there is nothing true in us.

    9 If we say openly that we have done wrong, he is upright and true to his word, giving us forgiveness of sins and making us clean from all evil.

    10 If we say that we have no sin, we make him false and his word is not in us.

  • 1 John 5:14-15
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    14 And we are certain that if we make any request to him which is right in his eyes, he will give ear to us:

    15 And if we are certain that he gives ear to all our requests, we are equally certain that we will get our requests.

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    4 And this is the certain faith which we have in God through Christ:

  • 1 John 4:16-19
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    16 And we have seen and had faith in the love which God has for us. God is love, and everyone who has love is in God, and God is in him.

    17 In this way love is made complete in us, so that we may be without fear on the day of judging, because as he is, so are we in this world.

    18 There is no fear in love: true love has no room for fear, because where fear is, there is pain; and he who is not free from fear is not complete in love.

    19 We have the power of loving, because he first had love for us.

  • 1 John 3:22-24
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    22 And he gives us all our requests, because we keep his laws and do the things which are pleasing in his eyes.

    23 And this is his law, that we have faith in the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love for one another, even as he said to us.

    24 He who keeps his laws is in God and God is in him. And the Spirit which he gave us is our witness that he is in us.

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    3 And by this we may be certain that we have knowledge of him, if we keep his laws.

  • John 3:18-19
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    18 The man who has faith in him does not come up to be judged; but he who has no faith in him has been judged even now, because he has no faith in the name of the only Son of God.

    19 And this is the test by which men are judged: the light has come into the world and men have more love for the dark than for the light, because their acts are evil.

  • Eph 3:12
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    12 By whom we come near to God without fear through faith in him.

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    1 My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may be without sin. And if any man is a sinner, we have a friend and helper with the Father, Jesus Christ, the upright one:

  • 1 Cor 11:31-32
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    31 But if we were true judges of ourselves, punishment would not come on us.

    32 But if punishment does come, it is sent by the Lord, so that we may be safe when the world is judged.

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    1 See what great love the Father has given us in naming us the children of God; and such we are. For this reason the world does not see who we are, because it did not see who he was.

    2 My loved ones, now we are children of God, and at present it is not clear what we are to be. We are certain that at his revelation we will be like him; for we will see him as he is.

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    10 And this is love, not that we had love for God, but that he had love for us, and sent his Son to be an offering for our sins.

    11 My loved ones, if God had such love for us, it is right for us to have love for one another.

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    28 And now, my children, keep your hearts in him; so that at his revelation, we may have no fear or shame before him at his coming.

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    1 For this cause those who are in Christ Jesus will not be judged as sinners.

  • 2 Cor 1:12
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    12 For our glory is in this, in the knowledge which we have that our way of life in the world, and most of all in relation to you, has been holy and true in the eyes of God; not in the wisdom of the flesh, but in the grace of God.

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    5 But in every man who keeps his word, the love of God is made complete. By this we may be certain that we are in him:

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    2 And we are conscious that God is a true judge against those who do such things.

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    13 And his Spirit which he has given us is the witness that we are in him and he is in us.

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    6 Anyone who is in him does no sin; anyone who is a sinner has not seen him and has no knowledge of him.

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    3 It is not with the purpose of judging you that I say this: for I have said before that you are in our hearts for life and death together.

  • 2 Cor 5:11-12
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    11 Having in mind, then, the fear of the Lord, we put these things before men, but God sees our hearts; and it is my hope that we may seem right in your eyes.

    12 We are not again requesting your approval, but we are giving you the chance of taking pride in us, so that you may be able to give an answer to those whose glory is in seeming, and not in the heart.

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    10 In this way it is clear who are the children of God and who are the children of the Evil One; anyone who does not do righteousness or who has no love for his brother, is not a child of God.

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    18 Make prayers for us, for we are certain that our hearts are free from the sense of sin, desiring the right way of life in all things.

  • 1 John 5:2-3
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    2 In this way, we are certain that we have love for the children of God, when we have love for God and keep his laws.

    3 For loving God is keeping his laws: and his laws are not hard.

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    6 We are of God: he who has the knowledge of God gives ear to us; he who is not of God does not give ear to us. By this we may see which is the true spirit, and which is the spirit of error.

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    14 We are conscious that we have come out of death into life because of our love for the brothers. He who has no love is still in death.

  • 1 John 1:3
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    3 We give you word of all we have seen and everything which has come to our ears, so that you may be united with us; and we are united with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ:

  • Rom 14:22
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    22 The faith which you have, have it to yourself before God. Happy is the man who is not judged by that to which he gives approval.

  • 2 Thess 3:4
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    4 And we have faith in the Lord about you, that you are doing and will do the things about which we give you orders.

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    21 And this is the word which we have from him, that he who has love for God is to have the same love for his brother.