Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
This is how we will know that we belong to the truth and how we will be able to keep ourselves strong in his presence.
New American Standard Bible
We will know by this that we are
King James Version
And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him.
Holman Bible
This is how we will know we belong to the truth
A Conservative Version
And by this we know that we are of the truth, and will assure our hearts before him.
American Standard Version
Hereby shall we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our heart before him:
Amplified
By this we will know [without any doubt] that we are of the truth, and will assure our heart and quiet our conscience before Him
An Understandable Version
And this is how we will know that we are following [God's] truth, and will have assurance [of it] in our hearts and before God [as well].
Anderson New Testament
And by this we know that we are of the truth; and we shall have our hearts at rest before him:
Bible in Basic English
In this way we may be certain that we are true, and may give our heart comfort before him,
Common New Testament
By this we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him
Daniel Mace New Testament
Hereby we shall know that we are true professors, and set our consciences securely at rest.
Darby Translation
And hereby we shall know that we are of the truth, and shall persuade our hearts before him --
Emphatic Diaglott Bible
For by this we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him.
Godbey New Testament
And in this we shall know that we are of the truth, and we shall assure our hearts before him;
Goodspeed New Testament
From that we can be sure that we are on the side of the truth, and satisfy our consciences in God's sight,
John Wesley New Testament
And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him.
Julia Smith Translation
And in this we know that we are of the truth, and we will yield our hearts before him.
King James 2000
And by this we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him.
Lexham Expanded Bible
By this we know that we are of the truth and will convince our heart before him,
Modern King James verseion
And in this we shall know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before Him,
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
for thereby we know that we be of the truth, and so shall we certify our hearts in his sight.
Moffatt New Testament
Thus it is that we may be sure we belong to the truth and reassure ourselves
Montgomery New Testament
By this we shall come to know that we are really of the truth,
NET Bible
And by this we will know that we are of the truth and will convince our conscience in his presence,
New Heart English Bible
And by this we will know that we are of the truth, and persuade our heart before him,
Noyes New Testament
And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him;
Sawyer New Testament
And by this we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him;
The Emphasized Bible
Hereby, shall we get to know, that, of the truth, we are, and, before him, shall persuade our heart;
Thomas Haweis New Testament
and hereby we know that we are of the truth, and in his presence have this persuasion in our hearts.
Twentieth Century New Testament
By that we shall know that we are on the side of the Truth; and we shall satisfy ourselves in God's sight,
Webster
And by this we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him.
Weymouth New Testament
And in this way we shall come to know that we are loyal to the truth, and shall satisfy our consciences in His presence
Williams New Testament
In this way we shall know by experience that we are on the side of the truth, and satisfy our consciences in God's sight,
World English Bible
And by this we know that we are of the truth, and persuade our hearts before him,
Worrell New Testament
Hereby we shall know that we are of the truth, and we shall assure our heart before Him;
Worsley New Testament
And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before Him.
Youngs Literal Translation
and in this we know that of the truth we are, and before Him we shall assure our hearts,
Interlinear
Peitho
References
Hastings
Word Count of 38 Translations in 1 John 3:19
Prayers for 1 John 3:19
Verse Info
Context Readings
Courage Before God
18 Little children, we must stop expressing love merely by our words and manner of speech; we must love also in action and in truth. 19 This is how we will know that we belong to the truth and how we will be able to keep ourselves strong in his presence. 20 If our hearts condemn us, God is greater than our hearts and knows everything.
Cross References
Isaiah 32:17
The effect of righteousness will be peace, and the result of righteousness will be quietness and confidence forever.
John 13:35
This is how everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another."
John 18:37
Pilate asked him, "So you are a king?" Jesus answered, "You say that I am a king. I was born for this, and I came into the world for this: to testify to the truth. Everyone who is committed to the truth listens to my voice."
Romans 4:21
being absolutely convinced that God would do what he had promised.
Romans 8:38
For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers,
2 Timothy 1:12
That is why I suffer as I do. However, I am not ashamed, for I know the one in whom I have put my trust, and I'm convinced that he is able to protect what he has entrusted to me until the day that he comes.
Hebrews 6:10-11
For God is not so unjust as to forget your work and the love you have shown him as you have ministered to the saints and continue to minister to them.
Hebrews 10:22
let us continue to come near with sincere hearts in the full assurance that faith provides, because our hearts have been sprinkled clean from a guilty conscience, and our bodies have been washed with pure water.
Hebrews 11:13
All these people died having faith. They did not receive the things that were promised, yet they saw them in the distant future and welcomed them, acknowledging that they were strangers and foreigners on earth.
1 John 1:8
If we say that we do not have any sin, we are deceiving ourselves and we're not being truthful to ourselves.
1 John 3:14
We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love one another. The person who does not love remains spiritually dead.
1 John 3:21
Dear friends, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence in the presence of God.