ὅτι ἐὰν καταγινώσκῃ ἡμῶν ἡ καρδία (I John 3:20)

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Title: → Because Whenever Our Heart Should Condemn Us

The text is, “ὅτι ἐὰν καταγινώσκῃ ἡμῶν ἡ καρδία ὅτι μείζων ἐστὶν ὁ θεὸς τῆς καρδίας ἡμῶν καὶ γινώσκει πάντα”.

ὅτι -> subordinating complementary conjunction → because

ἐὰν -> subordinating conditional conjunction → whenever

καταγινώσκῃ -> third person,singular, present, active, subjunctive verb → should condemn

ἡμῶν -> first person, personal, plural, genitive pronoun → our

ἡ -> feminine, singular, nominative article → the NRIEH**

καρδία -> feminine, singular, nominative noun → heart

ὅτι -> subordinating complementary conjunction → since

μείζων -> masculine, singular, nominative, comparative adjective → greater than

ἐστὶν -> third person, singular, present, indicative verb → is

ὁ -> masculine, singular, nominative article → the NRIEH

θεὸς -> masculine, singular, nominative noun → God

τῆς -> feminine, singular, genitive article → the NRIEH

καρδίας -> feminine, singular, genitive noun → heart

ἡμῶν -> first person, personal, plural, genitive pronoun → our

καὶ -> coordinating additive conjunction → and

γινώσκει -> third person, singular, present, active, indicative verb → he knows

πάντα -> neuter, plural, accusative adjective → everything

The meaning of this verse is,

Because whenever our heart should condemn us, since God is greater than our heart, and he knows everything.”

**NRIEH:  For the sake of clarity the word is translated into English, but to avoid such odd constructions as applying a definite article (“the”) to a substantive sufficiently determined by its being a proper noun, or by the use of a qualifier other than the definite article. An example would be the basic translation “Peter said to the Jesus”; the word “the” is completely unnecessary. There are many examples of this in the New Testament. The designation NRIEH is equivalent to “Not Rendered Into English Here”.

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