"For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things." — 1 John 3:20

1 John 3:20 · KJV

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

— 1 John 3:20

And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him. {assure: Gr. persuade}

Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, {then} have we confidence toward God.

1 John 3 — Context

My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.

And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him. {assure: Gr. persuade}

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

Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, {then} have we confidence toward God.

And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.

Cross References

Psalms 139:1-4

[To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.] 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.

1 Corinthians 4:4

For I know nothing by myself; yet am I not hereby justified: but he that judgeth me is the Lord. {know: or, I am not conscious of any fault}

1 John 4:4

Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.

Jeremiah 23:24

Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith the LORD. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the LORD.

John 10:29-30

My Father, which gave {them} me, is greater than all; and no {man} is able to pluck {them} out of my Father's hand.

Psalms 44:20-21

If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god;