1 John 3:20
For if our heart condemne vs, God is greater then our heart, and knoweth all things.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things.
In Context
19For thereby we know that we are of the trueth, and shall before him assure our hearts.
21Beloued, if our heart condemne vs not, then haue we boldnes toward God.
Cross References
Job 27:6I will keepe my righteousnesse, and wil not forsake it: mine heart shall not reprooue me of my dayes.
Psalms 44:20If wee haue forgotten the Name of our God, and holden vp our hands to a strange god,
Psalms 139:1To him that excelleth. A Psalme of David. O Lord, thou hast tried me and knowen me.
Jeremiah 23:24Can any hide him selfe in secrete places, that I shall not see him, sayth the Lord? Do not I fill heauen and earth, saieth the Lord?
John 8:9And when they heard it, being accused by their owne conscience, they went out one by one, beginning at ye eldest euen to the last: so Iesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the mids.
John 21:17He said vnto him the third time, Simon the sonne of Iona, louest thou me? Peter was sorie because he said to him the third time, Louest thou me? and said vnto him, Lord, thou knowest all things: thou knowest that I loue thee. Iesus saide vnto him, Feede my sheepe.
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 →