1 John 3:20
But if our heart condemneth us, how much greater is God than our heart, and knowing all things?
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things.
In Context
21My beloved, if our heart condemneth us not, we have open countenances before God.
Cross References
John 8:9And they, when they heard it, went out one by one, beginning with the older; and the woman was left, alone where she had stood in the midst.
John 21:17Again, Jesus said to him the third time: Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? And it grieved Cephas, that he said to him the third time, Lovest thou me; and he said to him: My Lord, thou understandest all things, thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus said to him: Feed my sheep for me.
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 →