1 JOHN 3:20 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things.”
For whenever our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and he knows all things — the heart's condemnation (kataginosko) may accuse, but God's knowledge (oida) and magnitude (megas) transcend human self-judgment. God's omniscience renders him a higher tribunal than conscience. Trust in divine mercy can overcome accusing conscience.
Church Fathers on 1 John 3:20
If ye remember, brethren, yesterday we closed our sermon at this sentence, 1 John 3:18-20 which without doubt behooved and does behoove to abide in your heart, seeing it was the last ye heard. “My little children, let us not love only in word and in tongue; but in deed and in truth.” Then he goes on: “And herein we know that we are of the truth, and assure our hearts before Him.” “For if our heart think ill of us, God is greater than our heart, and knows all things.” He had…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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