1 John 3:19

1 John 3:19 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him.
• New International Version (NIV)This is how we know that we belong to the truth and how we set our hearts at rest in his presence:
• English Standard Version (ESV)By this we shall know that we are of the truth and reassure our heart before him;
• New Living Translation (NLT)Our actions will show that we belong to the truth, so we will be confident when we stand before God.

Context of 1 John 3:19

17But whoever has this world’s goods, and sees his brother in need, and shuts up his heart from him, how does the love of God abide in him? 18My little children, let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth. And by this we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before Him. 20For if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and knows all things. 21Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence toward God.

1 John 3:19 word by word

καὶ ἐν τούτῳ γνωσόμεθα ὅτι ἐκ τῆς ἀληθείας ἐσμὲν καὶ ἔμπροσθεν αὐτοῦ πείσομεν τὴν καρδίαν ἡμῶν,Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• herebyἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• ·οὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• we knowγινώσκωginōskō · to knowG1097
• thatὅτιhoti · that/since: thatG3754
• we areεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• ofἐκek ex · out fromG1537
• the truthὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the truthἀλήθειαalētheia · truthG225
• shall assureπείθωpeithō · to persuadeG3982
• ourἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• heartsκαρδίαkardia · heartG2588
• beforeἔμπροσθενemprosthen · beforeG1715
• himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846

Cross-references for 1 John 3:19

• 1 John 3:14We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brethren. He who does not love his brother abides in death.
• 1 John 1:8If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
• John 13:35By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.”
• John 18:37Pilate therefore said to Him, “Are You a king then?” Jesus answered, “You say rightly that I am a king. For this cause I was born, and for this cause I have come into the world, that I should bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth hears My voice.”
• 1 John 3:21Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence toward God.
• Isaiah 32:17The work of righteousness will be peace, And the effect of righteousness, quietness and assurance forever.
• Hebrews 6:10For God is not unjust to forget your work and labor of love which you have shown toward His name, in that you have ministered to the saints, and do minister.
• Hebrews 10:22let 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.
• Romans 4:21and being fully convinced that what He had promised He was also able to perform.
• Romans 8:38For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come,
• 2 Timothy 1:12For this reason I also suffer these things; nevertheless I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed and am persuaded that He is able to keep what I have committed to Him until that Day.
• Hebrews 11:13These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off were assured of them, embraced them and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.

Commentaries on 1 John 3:19

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 19Hereby we know that we are of the truth - That we have the true religion of the Lord Jesus, and shall assure our hearts - be persuaded in our consciences, that we have the truth as it is in Jesus; as no man can impose upon himself by imagining he loves when he does not: he may make empty professions to others, but if he loves either God or man, he knows it because he feels it; and love unfelt is not love, it is word or tongue. This the apostle lays down…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 19And hereby - Greek, “by this;” that is, by the fact that we have true love to others, and that we manifest it by a readiness to make sacrifices to do them good. We know that we are of the truth - That we are not deceived in what we profess to be; that is, that we are true Christians. To be of the truth stands opposed to cherishing false and delusive hopes. And shall assure our hearts before him - Before God, or before the Saviour. In the margin, as in the…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 16-21Verses 16-21 Here is the condescension, the miracle, the mystery of Divine love, that God would redeem the church with his own blood. Surely we should love those whom God has loved, and so loved. The Holy Spirit, grieved at selfishness, will leave the selfish heart without comfort, and full of darkness and terror. By what can it be known that a man has a true sense of the love of Christ for perishing sinners, or that the love of God has been planted in…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 19-22Those who truly love (3:16–18) can feel confident that God accepts them. This kind of love shows that their faith is real and that they have new life in Christ (see 4:7–8).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1919. hereby--Greek, "herein"; in our loving in deed and in truth (1Jo 3:18). we know--The oldest manuscripts have "we shall know," namely, if we fulfil the command (1Jo 3:18). of the truth--that we are real disciples of, and belonging to, the truth, as it is in Jesus: begotten of God with the word of truth. Having herein the truth radically, we shall be sure not to love merely in word and tongue. (1Jo 3:18). assure--literally, "persuade," namely, so as to…Read the comment

Topics related to 1 John 3:19

• Assurance
• Commandments
• God
• Love
• Poor
• Righteous
• Righteousness

In the dictionaries

• Appear
• Assure
• Condemn
• Pleasing
• Sin
• Word
• Ethics
• Hereby
• John, the Epistles of
• Truth

Commentaries on 1 John 3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings