OET interlinear 1 YHN (1 JHN) 3:21

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / nominaladj

ἀγαπητοί

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Ἀγαπητοί ἐάν ἡ καρδία μή καταγινώσκῃ παρρησίαν ἔχομεν πρός τόν Θεόν)

See how you translated Beloved in 2:7. Alternate translation: [You people whom I love]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / hypo

ἐὰν ἡ καρδία μὴ καταγινώσκῃ, παρρησίαν ἔχομεν πρὸς τὸν Θεόν

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Ἀγαπητοί ἐάν ἡ καρδία μή καταγινώσκῃ παρρησίαν ἔχομεν πρός τόν Θεόν)

John discusses another hypothetical situation in order to reassure his readers. Alternate translation: [Suppose our hearts do not condemn us. Then we have confidence toward God]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ἐὰν ἡ καρδία μὴ καταγινώσκῃ

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Ἀγαπητοί ἐάν ἡ καρδία μή καταγινώσκῃ παρρησίαν ἔχομεν πρός τόν Θεόν)

See how you translated the similar expression in 3:20. Alternate translation: [if we do not feel that we do not belong to God] or, positively, [if we feel assured that we belong to God]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

ἡ καρδία

our heart

If you decided in the previous verse to retain the word heart as a metaphor in your translation and you made it plural there, you could make it plural in this instance as well. You can also use the same possessive pronoun as in the previous verse. Alternate translation: [our hearts]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

παρρησίαν ἔχομεν πρὸς τὸν Θεόν

confidence ˱we˲_˓are˒_having (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Ἀγαπητοί ἐάν ἡ καρδία μή καταγινώσκῃ παρρησίαν ἔχομεν πρός τόν Θεόν)

If it would be helpful to your readers, you could state explicitly what this confidence applies to, in light of what John says in the next verse. Alternate translation: [we can pray to God confidently]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

παρρησίαν ἔχομεν πρὸς τὸν Θεόν

confidence ˱we˲_˓are˒_having (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Ἀγαπητοί ἐάν ἡ καρδία μή καταγινώσκῃ παρρησίαν ἔχομεν πρός τόν Θεόν)

If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the idea behind the abstract noun confidence with an adverb such as “confidently.” Alternate translation: [we can pray to God confidently]