1st John Chapter 3 verse 20 Holy Bible

ASV 1stJohn 3:20

because if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things.
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BBE 1stJohn 3:20

When our heart says that we have done wrong; because God is greater than our heart, and has knowledge of all things.
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DARBY 1stJohn 3:20

that if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart and knows all things.
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KJV 1stJohn 3:20

For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things.
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WBT 1stJohn 3:20


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WEB 1stJohn 3:20

because if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and knows all things.
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YLT 1stJohn 3:20

because if our heart may condemn -- because greater is God than our heart, and He doth know all things.
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1st John 3 : 20 Bible Verse Songs

Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 20. - Our heart means our conscience, not the affections, which would be σπάγχνα (verse 17). If we are conscious of sincere and habitual love, this will calm us when conscience reproaches us (comp. 1 John 1:9; 1 John 2:1, 2). St. John never uses the more technical term συνείδησις, which occurs in the Acts and 1 Peter, and is very frequent in St. Paul. God is greater than our heart. It is asked whether this means that he is more merciful or more rigorous. Neither the one nor the other. It means that, although our conscience is not infallible, God is. Our hearts may be deceived; he cannot be. He knoweth all things. An awful thought for the impenitent, a blessed and encouraging thought for the penitent, He knows our sins; but he also knows our temptations, our struggles, our sorrow, and our love.

Ellicott's Commentary