1 John 3:20
because if our heart may condemn—because greater is God than our heart, and He knows all things.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things.
In Context
19And in this we know that we are of the truth, and before Him we will assure our hearts,
21Beloved, if our heart may not condemn us, we have boldness toward God,
Cross References
Job 27:6On my righteousness I have laid hold, || And I do not let it go, || My heart does not reproach me while I live.
Psalms 44:20If we have forgotten the Name of our God, || And spread our hands to a strange God,
Psalms 139:1TO THE OVERSEER. A PSALM OF DAVID. YHWH, You have searched me, and know.
Jeremiah 23:24Is anyone hidden in secret places, || And I do not see him?” A declaration of YHWH, “Do I not fill the heavens and the earth?” A declaration of YHWH.
John 8:9and they having heard, and being convicted by the conscience, were going forth one by one, having begun from the elders—to the last; and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst.
John 21:17He says to him the third time, “Simon, [son] of Jonas, do you cherish Me?” Peter was grieved that He said to him the third time, “Do you cherish Me?” And he said to Him, “Lord, You have known all things; You know that I cherish You.” Jesus says 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 →