1 John 3:21

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Dear friends, if our conscience does not condemn us, we have confidence in the presence of God,

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  • 1 John 2:28 : 28 Children of God And now, little children, remain in him, so that when he appears we may have confidence and not shrink away from him in shame when he comes back.
  • 1 John 5:14 : 14 And this is the confidence that we have before him: that whenever we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.
  • Job 22:26 : 26 Surely then you will delight yourself in the Almighty, and will lift up your face toward God.
  • 2 Cor 1:12 : 12 Paul Defends His Changed Plans For our reason for confidence is this: the testimony of our conscience, that with pure motives and sincerity which are from God– not by human wisdom but by the grace of God– we conducted ourselves in the world, and all the more toward you.
  • Heb 4:16 : 16 Therefore let us confidently approach the throne of grace to receive mercy and find grace whenever we need help.
  • Job 27:6 : 6 I will maintain my righteousness and never let it go; my conscience will not reproach me for as long as I live.
  • Ps 7:3-5 : 3 O LORD my God, if I have done what they say, or am guilty of unjust actions, 4 or have wronged my ally, or helped his lawless enemy, 5 may an enemy relentlessly chase me and catch me; may he trample me to death and leave me lying dishonored in the dust.(Selah)
  • Ps 101:2 : 2 I will walk in the way of integrity. When will you come to me? I will conduct my business with integrity in the midst of my palace.
  • 1 Cor 4:4 : 4 For I am not aware of anything against myself, but I am not acquitted because of this. The one who judges me is the Lord.
  • Heb 10:22 : 22 let us draw near with a sincere heart in the assurance that faith brings, because we have had our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed in pure water.
  • 1 Tim 2:8 : 8 So I want the men in every place to pray, lifting up holy hands without anger or dispute.
  • 1 John 4:17 : 17 By this love is perfected with us, so that we may have confidence in the day of judgment, because just as Jesus is, so also are we in this world.

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  • 1 John 3:18-20
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    18Little children, let us not love with word or with tongue but in deed and truth.

    19And by this we will know that we are of the truth and will convince our conscience in his presence,

    20that if our conscience condemns us, that God is greater than our conscience and knows all things.

  • 1 John 1:5-10
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    5God Is Light, So We Must Walk in the Light Now this is the gospel message we have heard from him and announce to you: God is light, and in him there is no darkness at all.

    6If we say we have fellowship with him and yet keep on walking in the darkness, we are lying and not practicing the truth.

    7But if we walk in the light as he himself is in the light, we have fellowship with one another and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.

    8If we say we do not bear the guilt of sin, we are deceiving ourselves and the truth is not in us.

    9But if we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous, forgiving us our sins and cleansing us from all unrighteousness.

    10If we say we have not sinned, we make him a liar and his word is not in us.

  • 1 John 5:14-15
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    14And this is the confidence that we have before him: that whenever we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.

    15And if we know that he hears us in regard to whatever we ask, then we know that we have the requests that we have asked from him.

  • 2 Cor 3:4
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    4Now we have such confidence in God through Christ.

  • 1 John 4:16-19
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    16And we have come to know and to believe the love that God has in us. God is love, and the one who resides in love resides in God, and God resides in him.

    17By this love is perfected with us, so that we may have confidence in the day of judgment, because just as Jesus is, so also are we in this world.

    18There is no fear in love, but perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears punishment has not been perfected in love.

    19We love because he loved us first.

  • 1 John 3:22-24
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    22and whatever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do the things that are pleasing to him.

    23Now this is his commandment: that we believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as he gave us the commandment.

    24And the person who keeps his commandments resides in God, and God in him. Now by this we know that God resides in us: by the Spirit he has given us.

  • 1 John 2:3
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    3Keeping God’s Commandments Now by this we know that we have come to know God: if we keep his commandments.

  • John 3:18-19
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    18The one who believes in him is not condemned. The one who does not believe has been condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the one and only Son of God.

    19Now this is the basis for judging: that the light has come into the world and people loved the darkness rather than the light, because their deeds were evil.

  • Eph 3:12
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    12in whom we have boldness and confident access to God by way of Christ’s faithfulness.

  • 1 John 2:1
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    1(My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin.) But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the Righteous One,

  • 1 Cor 11:31-32
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    31But if we examined ourselves, we would not be judged.

    32But when we are judged by the Lord, we are disciplined so that we may not be condemned with the world.

  • 1 John 3:1-2
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    1(See what sort of love the Father has given to us: that we should be called God’s children– and indeed we are! For this reason the world does not know us: because it did not know him.

    2Dear friends, we are God’s children now, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that whenever it is revealed we will be like him, because we will see him just as he is.

  • 1 John 4:10-11
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    10In this is love: not that we have loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the atoning sacrifice for our sins.

    11Dear friends, if God so loved us, then we also ought to love one another.

  • 1 John 2:28
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    28Children of God And now, little children, remain in him, so that when he appears we may have confidence and not shrink away from him in shame when he comes back.

  • Rom 8:1
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    1The Believer’s Relationship to the Holy Spirit There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.

  • 2 Cor 1:12
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    12Paul Defends His Changed Plans For our reason for confidence is this: the testimony of our conscience, that with pure motives and sincerity which are from God– not by human wisdom but by the grace of God– we conducted ourselves in the world, and all the more toward you.

  • 1 John 2:5
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    5But whoever obeys his word, truly in this person the love of God has been perfected. By this we know that we are in him.

  • Rom 2:2
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    2Now we know that God’s judgment is in accordance with truth against those who practice such things.

  • 1 John 4:13
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    13By this we know that we reside in God and he in us: in that he has given us of his Spirit.

  • 1 John 3:6
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    6Everyone who resides in him does not sin; everyone who sins has neither seen him nor known him.

  • 2 Cor 7:3
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    3I do not say this to condemn you, for I told you before that you are in our hearts so that we die together and live together with you.

  • 2 Cor 5:11-12
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    11The Message of Reconciliation Therefore, because we know the fear of the Lord, we try to persuade people, but we are well known to God, and I hope we are well known to your consciences too.

    12We are not trying to commend ourselves to you again, but are giving you an opportunity to be proud of us, so that you may be able to answer those who take pride in outward appearance and not in what is in the heart.

  • 1 John 3:10
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    10By this the children of God and the children of the devil are revealed: Everyone who does not practice righteousness– the one who does not love his fellow Christian– is not of God.

  • Heb 13:18
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    18Pray for us, for we are sure that we have a clear conscience and desire to conduct ourselves rightly in every respect.

  • 1 John 5:2-3
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    2By this we know that we love the children of God: whenever we love God and obey his commandments.

    3For this is the love of God: that we keep his commandments. And his commandments do not weigh us down,

  • 1 John 4:6
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    6We are from God; the person who knows God listens to us, but whoever is not from God does not listen to us. By this we know the Spirit of truth and the spirit of deceit.

  • 1 John 3:14
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    14We know that we have crossed over from death to life because we love our fellow Christians. The one who does not love remains in death.

  • 1 John 1:3
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    3What we have seen and heard we announce to you too, so that you may have fellowship with us(and indeed our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ).

  • Rom 14:22
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    22The faith you have, keep to yourself before God. Blessed is the one who does not judge himself by what he approves.

  • 2 Thess 3:4
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    4And we are confident about you in the Lord that you are both doing– and will do– what we are commanding.

  • 1 John 4:21
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    21And the commandment we have from him is this: that the one who loves God should love his fellow Christian too.