1YHN 3:21 Parallel Verse View

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UST Dear friends, when we feel that God does not condemn us for having sinned, then we can pray confidently to God.

BSB § Beloved, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God,

AICNT Beloved,[fn] if {the}[fn] heart does not condemn [us],[fn] we have confidence toward God.

3:21, Beloved: ℵ(01) reads “Brothers.”

3:21, the: A(02) B(03) SBLGNT THGNT ‖ Some manuscripts read “our.” ℵ(01) C(04) NA27[] NA28 BYZ TR

3:21, us: ℵ(01) A(02) SBLGNT THGNT BYZ TR ‖ Absent from some manuscripts. (B03) (C04) NA28

OEB Dear friends, if our conscience does not condemn us, then we approach God with confidence,

WEBBE Beloved, if our hearts don’t condemn us, we have boldness towards God;

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Dear friends, if our conscience does not condemn us, we have confidence in the presence of God,

LSV Beloved, if our heart may not condemn us, we have boldness toward God,

FBV Dear friends, if we're reassured we're not in the wrong, we can have confidence before God.

TCNT Beloved, if our hearts do not condemn [fn]us, we have confidence before God

3:21 us ¦ — WH

T4T Dear friends, when we do not feel guilty because of our sins, we can pray to God confidently.

LEB Dear friends, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence before God,

BBE My loved ones, if our heart does not say that we have done wrong, we have no fear before him;

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Wymth Dear friends, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have perfect confidence towards God;

ASV Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, we have boldness toward God;

DRA Dearly beloved, if our heart do not reprehend us, we have confidence towards God:

YLT Beloved, if our heart may not condemn us, we have boldness toward God,

Drby Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, we have boldness towards [fn]God,

3.21 Elohim

RV Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, we have boldness toward God;

Wbstr Beloved, if our heart doth not condemn us, then have we confidence towards God.

KJB-1769 Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God.

KJB-1611 Beloued, if our heart condemne vs not, then haue wee confidence towards God.
(Beloued, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence towards God.)

Bshps Dearely beloued, yf our heart condempne vs not, then haue we boldnesse towarde God.
(Dearely beloved, if our heart condempne us not, then have we boldnesse towarde God.)

Gnva Beloued, if our heart condemne vs not, then haue we boldnes toward God.
(Beloued, if our heart condemn us not, then have we boldnes toward God. )

Cvdl Dearly beloued, yf oure hert condemne vs not, then haue we a fre boldnes to God warde.
(Dearly beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we a free boldnes to God warde.)

TNT Beloved yf oure hertes condempne vs not then have we trust to god warde:
(Beloved if our hearts condempne us not then have we trust to god warde: )

Wycl Moost dere britheren, if oure herte repreueth not vs, we han trust to God;
(Moost dear brethren/brothers, if our heart repreueth not us, we have trust to God;)

Luth Ihr Lieben, so uns unser Herz nicht verdammt, so haben wir eine Freudigkeit zu GOtt;
(You Lieben, so us/to_us/ourselves unser heart not verdammt, so have we/us one Freudigkeit to God;)

ClVg Carissimi, si cor nostrum non reprehenderit nos, fiduciam habemus ad Deum:
(Carissimi, when/but_if heart nostrum not/no reprehenderit we, fiduciam habemus to God: )

UGNT ἀγαπητοί, ἐὰν ἡ καρδία μὴ καταγινώσκῃ, παρρησίαν ἔχομεν πρὸς τὸν Θεόν,
(agapaʸtoi, ean haʸ kardia maʸ kataginōskaʸ, parraʸsian eⱪomen pros ton Theon,)

SBL-GNT ἀγαπητοί, ἐὰν ἡ καρδία ⸂μὴ καταγινώσκῃ ἡμῶν⸃, παρρησίαν ἔχομεν πρὸς τὸν θεόν,
(agapaʸtoi, ean haʸ kardia ⸂maʸ kataginōskaʸ haʸmōn⸃, parraʸsian eⱪomen pros ton theon,)

TC-GNT Ἀγαπητοί, ἐὰν ἡ καρδία [fn]ἡμῶν μὴ καταγινώσκῃ ἡμῶν, παρρησίαν ἔχομεν πρὸς τὸν Θεόν,
(Agapaʸtoi, ean haʸ kardia haʸmōn maʸ kataginōskaʸ haʸmōn, parraʸsian eⱪomen pros ton Theon, )

3:21 ημων μη καταγινωσκη ημων ¦ ημων μη καταγινωσκη ECM NA ¦ μη καταγινωσκη ημων SBL TH ¦ μη καταγινωσκη WH

Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs, red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / nominaladj

ἀγαπητοί

beloved

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,

if our heart not /may_be/_condemning confidence ˱we˲_/are/_having toward ¬the God

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

if our heart not /may_be/_condemning

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 toward ¬the God

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 toward ¬the God

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]

Parallel 1YHN 3:21