1 John 3:20 KJV — MannaFest

1 John 3:20

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

KJV

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ASV

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

WEB

Even if our hearts condemn us, God is greater than our hearts, and He knows all things.

YLT

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

DBT

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

About this book

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1 John — The aged apostle writes to churches in Asia Minor facing docetic teachers who deny the incarnation. Three tests interweave through five short chapters: walk in the light, love the brethren, confess Jesus come in the flesh.

Author: The apostle John — same author as the Gospel of John and 2/3 John; early church unanimous
Date: Late 1st century, c. AD 85–95, likely written from Ephesus

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Cross-references

40 verses on the floor

Psalms 145:18
The Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth.
Psalms 139:1–4
O Lord, thou hast searched me, and known me.
Jeremiah 17:10
I the Lord search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.
Hebrews 4:13
Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.
Job 13:15
Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him.

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Cross-references: OpenBible.info (CC-BY), based on the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

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Draft selections — awaiting the founder’s edit.

Conscience is God's vicegerent, calls the court in his name, and acts for him. The answer of a good conscience towards God, 1 Pet. iii. God is chief Judge of the court: If our heart condemn us God is greater than our heart, superior to our heart and conscience in power and judgment; hence the act and judgment of the court are the act and judgment of God; as, 1.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

God is a greater witness than our conscience, and knoweth more against us than it does: he knoweth all things; he is a greater Judge than conscience; for, as he is supreme, so his judgment shall stand, and shall be fully and finally executed.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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G2588156× in canon G1097221× in canon G3173243× in canon G1437352× in canon

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

1JN 3:201JN 4:4 ROM 8:31
1JN 3:201JN 4:4 1JN 5:4
1JN 3:20JER 17:10 1SA 16:7
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
1JN 3:201JN 4:4 ROM 8:37
1JN 3:201JN 4:4 1JN 4:16
1JN 3:20HEB 4:13 1CO 4:5
1JN 3:201JN 4:4 1CO 2:12
1JN 3:20JER 17:10 ROM 8:27

The whole web at once: see the Arc.

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