Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
In this way we may be certain that we are true, and may give our heart comfort before him,
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
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.
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:
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
Images 1 John 3:19
Prayers for 1 John 3:19
Verse Info
Context Readings
Courage Before God
18 My little children, do not let our love be in word and in tongue, but let it be in act and in good faith. 19 In this way we may be certain that we are true, and may give our heart comfort before him, 20 When our heart says that we have done wrong; because God is greater than our heart, and has knowledge of all things.
Cross References
Isaiah 32:17
And the work of righteousness will be peace; and the effect of an upright rule will be to take away fear for ever.
John 13:35
By this it will be clear to all men that you are my disciples, if you have love one for another.
John 18:37
Then Pilate said to him, Are you then a king? Jesus made answer, You say that I am a king. For this purpose was I given birth, and for this purpose I came into the world, that I might give witness to what is true. Every lover of what is true gives ear to my voice.
Romans 4:21
And being certain that God was able to keep his word.
Romans 8:38
For I am certain that not death, or life, or angels, or rulers, or things present, or things to come, or powers,
2 Timothy 1:12
And for which I undergo these things: but I have no feeling of shame. For I have knowledge of him in whom I have faith, and I am certain that he is able to keep that which I have given into his care till that day.
Hebrews 6:10-11
For God is true, and will not put away from him the memory of your work and of your love for his name, in the help which you gave and still give to the saints.
Hebrews 10:22
Let us go in with true hearts, in certain faith, having our hearts made free from the sense of sin and our bodies washed with clean water:
Hebrews 11:13
All these came to their end in faith, not having had the heritage; but having seen it with delight far away, they gave witness that they were wanderers and not of the earth.
1 John 1:8
If we say that we have no sin, we are false to ourselves and there is nothing true in us.
1 John 3:14
We are conscious that we have come out of death into life because of our love for the brothers. He who has no love is still in death.
1 John 3:21
My loved ones, if our heart does not say that we have done wrong, we have no fear before him;