Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence before God;
And now, little children, abide in him, so that when he appears we may have confidence and not shrink from him in shame at his coming.
Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
For our boast is this, the testimony of our conscience, that we behaved in the world with simplicity and godly sincerity, not by earthly wisdom but by the grace of God, and supremely so toward you.
O Lord my God, if I have done this, if there is wrong in my hands, if I have repaid my friend with evil or plundered my enemy without cause, let the enemy pursue my soul and overtake it, and let him trample my life to the ground and lay my glory in the dust. Selah
And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us.
I will ponder the way that is blameless. Oh when will you come to me? I will walk with integrity of heart within my house;
By this is love perfected with us, so that we may have confidence for the day of judgment, because as he is so also are we in this world.
let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.
For then you will delight yourself in the Almighty and lift up your face to God.
For I am not aware of anything against myself, but I am not thereby acquitted. It is the Lord who judges me.
I hold fast my righteousness and will not let it go; my heart does not reproach me for any of my days.
I desire then that in every place the men should pray, lifting holy hands without anger or quarreling;
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