1 John 3:20

Good News Translation

If our conscience condemns us, we know that God is greater than our conscience and that he knows everything.

Cross References

Job 27:6

I will never give up my claim to be right; my conscience is clear.

Job 33:12

But I tell you, Job, you are wrong. God is greater than any human being.

Psalm 90:8

You place our sins before you, our secret sins where you can see them.

Jeremiah 17:10

I, the Lord, search the minds and test the hearts of people. I treat each of them according to the way they live, according to what they do.”

Jeremiah 23:24

No one can hide where I cannot see them. Do you not know that I am everywhere in heaven and on earth?

John 21:17

A third time Jesus said, “Simon son of John, do you love me?” Peter became sad because Jesus asked him the third time, “Do you love me?” and so he said to him, “Lord, you know everything; you know that I love you!” Jesus said to him, “Take care of my sheep.

John 8:9

When they heard this, they all left, one by one, the older ones first. Jesus was left alone, with the woman still standing there.

Acts 5:33

When the members of the Council heard this, they were so furious that they wanted to have the apostles put to death.

Romans 8:34

Who, then, will condemn them? Not Christ Jesus, who died, or rather, who was raised to life and is at the right side of God, pleading with him for us!

1 Corinthians 4:4

My conscience is clear, but that does not prove that I am really innocent. The Lord is the one who passes judgment on me.

Titus 3:11

You know that such people are corrupt, and their sins prove that they are wrong.

Hebrews 4:13

There is nothing that can be hid from God; everything in all creation is exposed and lies open before his eyes. And it is to him that we must all give an account of ourselves.

Hebrews 6:13

When God made his promise to Abraham, he made a vow to do what he had promised. Since there was no one greater than himself, he used his own name when he made his vow.

1 John 3:19

This, then, is how we will know that we belong to the truth; this is how we will be confident in God's presence.

1 John 3:21

And so, my dear friends, if our conscience does not condemn us, we have courage in God's presence.

1 John 4:4

But you belong to God, my children, and have defeated the false prophets, because the Spirit who is in you is more powerful than the spirit in those who belong to the world.

Revelation 2:23

I will also kill her followers, and then all the churches will know that I am the one who knows everyone's thoughts and wishes. I will repay each of you according to what you have done.