20because if our heart may condemn — because greater is God than our heart, and He doth know all things.


In Context

17 and whoever may have the goods of the world, and may view his brother having need, and may shut up his bowels from him — how doth the love of God remain in him?

18 My little children, may we not love in word nor in tongue, but in word and in truth!

19 and in this we know that of the truth we are, and before Him we shall assure our hearts,

20 because if our heart may condemn — because greater is God than our heart, and He doth know all things.

21 Beloved, if our heart may not condemn us, we have boldness toward God,

22 and whatever we may ask, we receive from Him, because His commands we keep, and the things pleasing before Him we do,

1 John 3:20 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:20For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

3:20whenever our hearts condemn us. For God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

3:20For if our heart reprehend us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

3:20because if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:20that if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart and knows all things.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

3:20whereinsoever our heart condemn us; because God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:20For if our heart condemneth us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:20because if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and knows all things.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:20For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knows all things.