Parallel Verses
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
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:
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 (believers, dear ones), let us not love [merely in theory] with word or with tongue [giving lip service to compassion], but in action and in truth [in practice and in sincerity, because practical acts of love are more than words]. 19 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 20 whenever our heart convicts us [in guilt]; for God is greater than our heart and He knows all things [nothing is hidden from Him because we are in His hands].
Cross References
Isaiah 32:17
And the effect of righteousness will be peace,
And the result of righteousness will be quietness and confident trust forever.
John 13:35
John 18:37
So Pilate said to Him, “Then You are a King?” Jesus answered,
Romans 4:21
being fully convinced that God had the power to do what He had promised.
Romans 8:38
For I am convinced [and continue to be convinced—beyond any doubt] that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present and threatening, nor things to come, nor powers,
2 Timothy 1:12
This is why I suffer as I do. Still, I am not ashamed; for I know Him [and I am personally acquainted with Him] whom I have believed [with absolute trust and confidence in Him and in the truth of His deity], and I am persuaded [beyond any doubt] that He is able to guard that which I have entrusted to Him until
Hebrews 6:10-11
For God is not unjust so as to forget your work and the love which you have shown for His name in ministering to [the needs of] the saints (God’s people), as you do.
Hebrews 10:22
let us approach [God] with a true and sincere heart in unqualified assurance of faith, having had our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.
Hebrews 11:13
All these died in faith [guided and sustained by it], without receiving the [tangible fulfillment of God’s] promises, only having seen (anticipated) them and having welcomed them from a distance, and having acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.
1 John 1:8
If we say we have no sin [refusing to admit that we are sinners], we delude ourselves and the truth is not in us. [His word does not live in our hearts.]
1 John 3:14
We know that we have passed out of death into Life, because we love the brothers and sisters. He who does not love remains in [spiritual] death.
1 John 3:21
Beloved, if our heart does not convict us [of guilt], we have confidence [complete assurance and boldness] before God;