1 John 3:19
Modern Translations
New International Version
This is how we know that we belong to the truth and how we set our hearts at rest in his presence:

New Living Translation
Our actions will show that we belong to the truth, so we will be confident when we stand before God.

English Standard Version
By this we shall know that we are of the truth and reassure our heart before him;

Berean Study Bible
And by this we will know that we belong to the truth, and will assure our hearts in His presence:

New American Standard Bible
We will know by this that we are of the truth, and will set our heart at ease before Him,

NASB 1995
We will know by this that we are of the truth, and will assure our heart before Him

NASB 1977
We shall know by this that we are of the truth, and shall assure our heart before Him,

Amplified Bible
By this we will know [without any doubt] that we are of the truth, and will assure our heart and quiet our conscience before Him

Christian Standard Bible
This is how we will know that we belong to the truth and will reassure our hearts before him

Holman Christian Standard Bible
This is how we will know we belong to the truth and will convince our conscience in His presence,

Contemporary English Version
When we love others, we know we belong to the truth, and we feel at ease in the presence of God.

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

GOD'S WORD® Translation
This is how we will know that we belong to the truth and how we will be reassured in his presence.

International Standard Version
This is how we will know that we belong to the truth and how we will be able to keep ourselves strong in his presence.

NET Bible
And by this we will know that we are of the truth and will convince our conscience in his presence,
Classic Translations
King James Bible
And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him.

New King James Version
And by this we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before Him.

King James 2000 Bible
And by this we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him.

New Heart English Bible
And by this we will know that we are of the truth, and persuade our heart before him,

World English Bible
And by this we know that we are of the truth, and persuade our hearts before him,

American King James Version
And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him.

American Standard Version
Hereby shall we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our heart before him:

A Faithful Version
And in this way we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before Him,

Darby Bible Translation
And hereby we shall know that we are of the truth, and shall persuade our hearts before him --

English Revised Version
Hereby shall we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our heart before him,

Webster's Bible Translation
And by this we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
For thereby we know that we are of the trueth, and shal before him assure our hearts.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
Hereby we knowe that we are of the trueth, and shall assure our heartes before hym.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
Hereby knowe we, that we are of the verite, and can quyete oure hertes before him.

Tyndale Bible of 1526
for therby we knowe that we are of the veritie and can before him quiet oure hertes.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And in this we know that we are of the truth, and before Him we will assure our hearts,

Berean Literal Bible
And by this we will know that we are of the truth, and we will assure our heart before Him,

Young's Literal Translation
and in this we know that of the truth we are, and before Him we shall assure our hearts,

Smith's Literal Translation
And in this we know that we are of the truth, and we will yield our hearts before him.

Literal Emphasis Translation
And in this we will know that we are from out of the truth and will persuade our heart before Him.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
In this we know that we are of the truth: and in his sight shall persuade our hearts.

Catholic Public Domain Version
In this way, we will know that we are of the truth, and we will commend our hearts in his sight.

Translations from Aramaic
Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And by this we are made known that we are from the truth, and we assure our hearts before he comes.

Lamsa Bible
And by this we shall know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before he comes.

NT Translations
Anderson New Testament
And by this we know that we are of the truth; and we shall have our hearts at rest before him:

Godbey New Testament
And in this we shall know that we are of the truth, and we shall assure our hearts before him;

Haweis New Testament
and hereby we know that we are of the truth, and in his presence have this persuasion in our hearts.

Mace New Testament
Hereby we shall know that we are true professors, and set our consciences securely at rest.

Weymouth New Testament
And in this way we shall come to know that we are loyal to the truth, and shall satisfy our consciences in His presence

Worrell New Testament
Hereby we shall know that we are of the truth, and we shall assure our heart before Him;

Worsley New Testament
And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before Him.
















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