1 John 3:19

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

{G2532} Hereby {G5129} shall we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our heart before him:

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Archaic language reduces readability
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Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Heb 10:22 : 22 let us draw near with a true heart in fulness of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience: and having our body washed with pure water,
Heb 11:13 : 13 These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them and greeted them from afar, and having confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
Isa 32:17 : 17 And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness, quietness and confidence for ever.
John 18:37 : 37 Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end have I been born, and to this end am I come into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice.
Rom 4:21 : 21 and being fully assured that what he had promised, he was able also to perform.
Rom 8:38 : 38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers,
2 Tim 1:12 : 12 For which cause I suffer also these things: yet I am not ashamed; for I know him whom I have believed, and I am persuaded that he is able to guard that which I have committed unto him against that day.
Heb 6:10-11 : 10 for God is not unrighteous to forget your work and the {G2873} love which ye showed toward his name, in that ye ministered unto the saints, and still do minister. 11 And we desire that each one of you may show the same diligence unto the fulness of hope even to the end:
1 John 3:14 : 14 We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not {G80} abideth in death.
1 John 3:21 : 21 Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, we have boldness toward God;
John 13:35 : 35 By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.
1 John 1:8 : 8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

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1 John 3:20-24
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20because if our heart {G3754} condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things.
21Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, we have boldness toward God;
22and whatsoever {G1437} we ask we receive of him, because we keep his commandments and do the things that are pleasing in his sight.
23And this is his commandment, that we should believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, even as he gave us commandment.
24And he that keepeth his commandments abideth in him, and he in him. And hereby {G5129} we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he gave us.
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3And hereby we know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.
4He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him;
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18[ My] Little children, let us not love in word, neither with the tongue; but in deed and truth.
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16And we know and have believed the love which God hath in us. God is love; and he that abideth in love abideth in God, and God abideth in him.
17Herein {G5129} is {G3326} {G2257} love made perfect with us, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment; because as he is, even so are we in this world.
1 John 4:13
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13hereby {G5129} we know that we abide in him and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit.
1 John 5:19-20
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19We know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in the evil one.
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1 John 5:2
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2Hereby {G5129} we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and do his commandments.
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6We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he who is not of God heareth us not. By this we know the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.
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2for the truth's sake which abideth in us, and it shall be with us for ever:
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5And this is the message which we have heard from him and announce unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
6If we say that we have fellowship with him and walk in the darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:
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8If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
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