1 John 3:20
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for 1 John 3:20 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
1 John 3:20 is a verse from the book of 1 John in the New Testament. The KJV reads: "For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
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 (KJV)
1 John 3:20 in Context — About the Book of 1 John
1 John is the apostle of love's late-life letter — written so believers can know they have eternal life. God is light; God is love; perfect love drives out fear. Its tests are simple and searching: walk in the light, love one another, confess sin and find Him faithful to forgive.
Cross-References for 1 John 3:20
“But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: yea, who knoweth not such things as these? understanding: Heb. an heart I am...: Heb. I fall not lower than you who...: Heb. with whom are not such as these?”
Shares key themes with 1 John 3:20: heart, than, knoweth
“There is none greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back any thing from me but thee, because thou art his wife: how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?”
Shares key themes with 1 John 3:20: god, greater, than
“Now I know that the LORD is greater than all gods: for in the thing wherein they dealt proudly he was above them.”
Shares key themes with 1 John 3:20: god, greater, than
“Whither shall we go up? our brethren have discouraged our heart, saying, The people is greater and taller than we; the cities are great and walled up to heaven; and moreover we have seen the sons of the Anakims there. discouraged: Heb. melted”
Shares key themes with 1 John 3:20: heart, greater, than
“When the LORD thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou goest to possess it, and hath cast out many nations before thee, the Hittites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, seven nations greater and mightier than thou;”
Shares key themes with 1 John 3:20: god, greater, than
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