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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”.
ὅτι ἐὰν καταγινώσκῃ ἡμῶν ἡ καρδία (I John 3:20) by Dennis Glover is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
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