1 John 3:20
Because, if our own heart condemn us, greater, is God, than our heart, and perceiveth all things.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things.
In Context
19Hereby, shall we get to know, that, of the truth, we are, and, before him, shall persuade our heart;
21Beloved! if our heart be not condemning us, boldness, have we, towards God;
Cross References
Job 27:6On my righteousness, have I taken fast hold, and will not give it up, My heart shall not reproach any of my days.
Psalms 44:20If we had forgotten the Name of our God, And had spread forth our hands unto the GOD of the foreigner,
Psalms 139:1O Yahweh! thou hast searched me, and observed:
Jeremiah 23:24Can any hide himself in secret places that I, shall not see him? Demandeth Yahweh,—The heavens and the earth, do I not fill? Demandeth Yahweh.
John 8:9And, they who heard, began to go out, one by one, beginning from the elders,—and he was left, alone; the woman also, being, in the midst.
John 21:17He saith unto him, the third time—Simon, son of John! art thou fond of me? Peter was grieved, that he said unto him, the third time, Art thou fond of me? and he said unto him—Lord! all things, thou, knowest: thou perceivest that I am fond of thee. Jesus saith unto him—Be feeding 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 →