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Whereinsoever our heart condemn us (hoti ean kataginōskēi hēmōn hē kardia). A construction like hoti an, whatever, in Joh 2:5; Joh 14:13. Kataginōskō occurs only three times in the N.T., here, 1Jo 3:21; Gal 2:11. It means to know something against one, to condemn.
Because God is greater than our heart (hoti meizōn estin tēs kardias hēmōn). Ablative kardias after the comparative meizōn.
And knoweth all things (kai ginōskei panta). Just so Peter replied to Jesus in spite of his denials (Joh 21:17). God’s omniscience is linked with his love and sympathy. God knows every secret in our hearts. This difficult passage strikes the very centre of Christian truth (Brooke).