1 John 3:21
Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God.
KJV
Ἀγαπητοί, ἐὰν ἡ καρδία ἡμῶν μὴ καταγινώσκῃ ἡμῶν, παρρησίαν ἔχομεν πρὸς τὸν θεόν,
Greek NT
Carissimi, si cor nostrum non reprehenderit nos, fiduciam habemus ad Deum :
Vulgate
Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, we have boldness toward God;
ASV
Dearly beloved, if our heart do not reprehend us, we have confidence towards God.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
11 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
θεός
theos
noun · 1311×
καρδία
kardia
noun · 156×
καταγινώσκω
kataginosko
verb · 3×
μή
me
particle · 1033×
παῤῥησία
parresia
noun · 31×
πρός
pros
preposition · 697×
ἀγαπητός
agapetos
adjective · 61×
ἐάν
ean
conditional · 333×
ἔχω
echo
verb · 707×
ἡμεῖς
emeis
pronoun · 862×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
Textual variants
1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
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SBLGNT: μὴ καταγινώσκῃ ἡμῶν | Treg: μὴ καταγινώσκῃ ἡμῶν | WH: μὴ καταγινώσκῃ | NIV: ἡμῶν μὴ καταγινώσκῃ | RP: ἡμῶν μὴ καταγινώσκῃ ἡμῶν
- μὴ καταγινώσκῃ ἡμῶν — SBLGNT
- μὴ καταγινώσκῃ ἡμῶν — Tregelles
- μὴ καταγινώσκῃ — Westcott-Hort
- ἡμῶν μὴ καταγινώσκῃ — Reader's GNT (NA27)
- ἡμῶν μὴ καταγινώσκῃ ἡμῶν — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
Themes
Historic Christian voices
7 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Catechism of the Catholic Church · 2 passages
§2778This power of the Spirit who introduces us to the Lord's Prayer is expressed in the liturgies of East and of West by the beautiful, characteristically Christian expression: parrhesia, straightforward simplicity, filial trust, joyous assurance, humble boldness, the certainty of being loved.29
§2845There is no limit or measure to this essentially divine forgiveness,146 whether one speaks of "sins" as in Luke (⇒ 11:4), "debts" as in Matthew (⇒ 6:12). We are always debtors: "Owe no one anything, except to love one another."147 The communion of the Holy Trinity is the source and criterion of truth in every relation ship. It is lived out in prayer, above all in th…
Q. What do you believe concerning the holy catholic church? A. I believe that the Son of God through his Spirit and Word, out of the entire human race, from the beginning of the world to its end, gathers, protects, and preserves for himself a community chosen for eternal life and united in true faith. And of this community I am and always will be a living member.
Accordingly, this assurance does not derive from some private revelation beyond or outside the Word, but from faith in the promises of God which he has very plentifully revealed in his Word for our comfort; from the testimony of the Holy Spirit testifying with our spirit that we are God's children and heirs (Rom. 8:16-17); and finally, from a serious and holy pursuit of a clear…
Cross-references
- 1Cor 4:4 — For I know nothing by myself; yet am I not hereby justified: but he that judgeth me is the Lord.
- 1John 2:28 — And now, little children, abide in him; that, when he shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his coming.
- 1John 2:28 — And now, little children, abide in him; that, when he shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his coming.
- 1John 3:19 — And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him.
- 1John 4:17 — Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world.
- 1John 5:14 — And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us:
- 1John 5:14 — And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us:
- 1Sam 20:1 — And David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said before Jonathan, What have I done? what is mine iniquity? and what is my sin before thy father, that he seeketh my life?
- 1Thess 1:3 — Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father;
- 1Tim 2:8 — I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.
- 2Cor 1:12 — For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and mor
- 2Kgs 20:3 — I beseech thee, O LORD, remember now how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.
- Heb 4:16 — Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.
- Heb 10:22 — Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.
- Isa 58:9 — Then shalt thou call, and the LORD shall answer; thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Here I am. If thou take away from the midst of thee the yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and speaking vanity;
- Job 22:26 — For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto God.
- Job 27:6 — My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach me so long as I live.
- John 9:31 — Now we know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God, and doeth his will, him he heareth.
- John 15:10 — If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father’s commandments, and abide in his love.
- Luke 11:28 — But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.
- Matt 7:21 — Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
- Ps 7:3 — O LORD my God, if I have done this; if there be iniquity in my hands;
- Ps 17:1 — Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips.
- Ps 99:7 — He spake unto them in the cloudy pillar: they kept his testimonies, and the ordinance that he gave them.
- Ps 101:2 — I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way. O when wilt thou come unto me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart.
- Rom 8:27 — And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God.
- Rom 14:22 — Hast thou faith? have it to thyself before God. Happy is he that condemneth not himself in that thing which he alloweth.