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Beloved,ἀγαπητοίifἐὰνour heartἡ καρδία ἡμῶνdoes notμὴcondemn us,καταγινώσκῃwe haveἔχομενconfidenceπαρρησίανbeforeπρὸςGod;τὸν θεόν
1 John 3:21
Study it in the app“Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence before God;”
With the Greek beneath
1 John 3:21, word by word
- Belovedἀγαπητοίagapētoi
beloved
Beloved, dear.
Where else “agapētoi” appears- our heartκαρδίαkardia
heart
Heart: the center of the person, where one thinks, feels and decides.
Where else “kardia” appears- condemn usκαταγινώσκῃkataginōskēi
condemn
To condemn, declare guilty; also to reproach.
Where else “kataginōskēi” appears- we haveἔχομενechomen
have
To count something or someone as one's own: goods, family, faith, power.
Where else “echomen” appears- confidenceπαρρησίανparrēsian
boldness
Speaking or coming to God without fear.
Where else “parrēsian” appears- Godθεόνtheon
God
The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.
Where else “theon” appears
The context
20because if our heart condemns us, we know that God is greater than our heart and knows all things.
21 · This verse (above)
22and whatever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do what is pleasing in his sight.
To study 1 John 3 in a group
1. What it says
What does verse 1 say the Father has given us, and what does it say we will be when he appears (v. 1-2)?
2. What it means
John says not to love "in word or with the tongue, but in deed and truth" (v. 18). What does that contrast show?
3. How I live it
What concrete act of love could you do today for someone in need (v. 17-18)?