ACC ~ 1 John 3 v20

GOD KNOWS EVERYTHING. CLEMENT OF ALEXANDRIA: This means that God’s power is greater than the conscience which belongs to the soul, because God’s love knows everything. ADUMBRATIONS.

PERSUADING OUR HEARTS. OECUMENIUS: If we practice what we preach, we shall persuade our hearts, that is to say, our consciences, that we are on the right track. For then God will bear witness that we have listened to what he says. COMMENTARY ON 1 JOHN.

WHENEVER OUR HEARTS CONDEMN US. BEDE: If our conscience accuses us inside because it does not see the good works which we ought to be doing, how can we set aside the knowledge of him to whom is sung: “Even the darkness is not dark to you … for darkness is as light with you.” ON 1 JOHN.

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