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Bible Analysis
1 John 3:20
Textus Receptus (Stephanus 1550)
(See Variants Below)
King James Bible (Oxford 1769)
Textus Receptus Support:
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Variants
Both the Stephanus 1550 and the Beza 1598 Textus Receptus do not fully support this verse. In many cases the verse is supported from either the Bishop's Bible, Tyndale Bible or the Erasmus reading.
Variant: Add "that" before "God" and render 'him, that if our heart condemn us, that [also] God is greater.'
Greek-English Dictionary
the heart that is (figuratively) the thoughts or feelings (mind); also (by analogy) the middle
1. the heart
a. that organ in the animal body which is the centre of the circulation of the blood, and hence was regarded as the seat of physical life
b. denotes the centre of all physical and spiritual life
c. the vigour and sense of physical life
d. the centre and seat of spiritual life
1. the soul or mind, as it is the fountain and seat of the thoughts, passions, desires, appetites, affections, purposes, endeavours
2. of the understanding, the faculty and seat of the intelligence
3. of the will and character
4. of the soul so far as it is affected and stirred in a bad way or good, or of the soul as the seat of the sensibilities, affections, emotions, desires, appetites, passions
e. of the middle or central or inmost part of anything, even though inanimate
of the New Testament 1889
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.