1 John 3:20
For even if our heart reproaches us, God is greater than our heart, and he knows all things.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things.
In Context
19In this way, we will know that we are of the truth, and we will commend our hearts in his sight.
21Most beloved, if our heart does not reproach us, we can have confidence toward God;
Cross References
Job 27:6I will not forsake my justification, which I have just begun to grasp, for my heart does not find blame for me in my whole life.
Psalms 139:1Unto the end. A Psalm of David.
Jeremiah 23:24If a man is hidden in concealed places, do I not see him, says the Lord? Do I not fill up heaven and earth, says the Lord?
John 8:9But upon hearing this, they went away, one by one, beginning with the eldest. And Jesus alone remained, with the woman standing in front of him.
John 21:17He said to him a third time, “Simon, son of John, do you love me?” Peter was very grieved that he had asked him a third time, “Do you love me?” And so he said to him: “Lord, you know all things. You know that I love you.” He said to him, “Feed my sheep.
Matthew Henry on 1 John 3:15-20
Brotherly Love. ( a. d. 80.) 14 We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death. 15 Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him. 16 Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. 17 But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from… Read the whole commentary →