1 John 3:20

In 9 translations

BSB

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

KJV

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

WEB

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

ASV

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

LSV

because if our heart may condemn—because greater is God than our heart, 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.

DBY

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

DRC

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

GNV

For if our heart condemne vs, God is greater then our heart, and knoweth all things.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT

ὅτι ἐὰν καταγινώσκῃ ἡμῶν ἡ καρδία, ὅτι μείζων ἐστὶν ὁ θεὸς τῆς καρδίας ἡμῶν καὶ γινώσκει πάντα.

RP2018

ὅτι ἐὰν καταγινώσκῃ ἡμῶν ἡ καρδία, ὅτι μείζων ἐστὶν ὁ θεὸς τῆς καρδίας ἡμῶν, καὶ γινώσκει πάντα.

TR-Boyd

ὅτι ἐὰν καταγινώσκῃ ἡμῶν ἡ καρδία, ὅτι μείζων ἐστὶν ὁ Θεὸς τῆς καρδίας ἡμῶν, καὶ γινώσκει πάντα.

SCR1894

οτι εαν καταγινωσκη ημων η καρδια οτι μειζων εστιν ο θεος της καρδιας ημων και γινωσκει παντα

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• Psalms 139:1–4O LORD, You have searched me and known me. You know when I sit and when I rise; You understand my thoughts from afar. You search out my path and my lying down; You are aware of all my ways. Even before a word is on my…
• Jeremiah 17:10I, the LORD, search the heart; I examine the mind to reward a man according to his way, by what his deeds deserve.
• Hebrews 4:13Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight; everything is uncovered and exposed before the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.
• 1 Corinthians 4:4My conscience is clear, but that does not vindicate me. It is the Lord who judges me.
• 1 John 4:4You, little children, are from God and have overcome them, because greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world.
• Jeremiah 23:24“Can a man hide in secret places where I cannot see him?” declares the LORD. “Do I not fill the heavens and the earth?” declares the LORD.
• John 10:29–30My Father who has given them to Me is greater than all. No one can snatch them out of My Father’s hand. I and the Father are one.”
• Psalms 44:20–21If we had forgotten the name of our God or spread out our hands to a foreign god, would not God have discovered, since He knows the secrets of the heart?
• Titus 3:11knowing that such a man is corrupt and sinful; he is self-condemned.
• Job 33:12Behold, you are not right in this matter. I will answer you, for God is greater than man.
• Revelation 2:23Then I will strike her children dead, and all the churches will know that I am the One who searches minds and hearts, and I will repay each of you according to your deeds.
• Romans 2:14–15Indeed, when Gentiles, who do not have the law, do by nature what the law requires, they are a law to themselves, even though they do not have the law. So they show that the work of the law is written on their hearts,…
• Job 27:6I will cling to my righteousness and never let go. As long as I live, my conscience will not accuse me.
• John 2:24–25But Jesus did not entrust Himself to them, for He knew them all. He did not need any testimony about man, for He knew what was in a man.
• John 21:17Jesus asked a third time, “Simon son of John, do you love Me?” Peter was deeply hurt that Jesus had asked him a third time, “Do you love Me?” “Lord, You know all things,” he replied. “You know I love You.” Jesus said…
• Psalms 90:8You have set our iniquities before You, our secret sins in the light of Your presence.

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