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1Jn 3:19. Ἐν τούτῳ, in this) Hence depends we know and shall tranquilize; and to this refers, since He is greater, 1Jn 3:20.-ἐκ τῆς ἀληθείας, of the truth) Of expresses the beginning or origin: Rom 2:8. For the truth makes love also true: 1Jn 3:18.-ἔμπροσθεν αὐτοῦ) before Him who knows all things in truth, we shall tranquilize our hearts in prayer: 1Jn 3:22.-πείσομεν, we shall tranquilize) so that they shall cease to condemn. The same word is used, Mat 28:14.-τὰς καρδίας ἡμῶν, our hearts) The word συνείδησις, conscience, is used by Peter and Paul alone of the sacred writers: nor is it used in the Septuagint more than once, and that in another sense, Ecc 10:20. For the Hebrew לב is rendered καρδία, the heart, for instance, 1Ki 2:44; 1Ki 8:38. And so John nowhere uses the word συνείδησις, conscience; but here he implies it, in making mention of the heart: for it is the conscience which is tranquilized, and which condemns. Comp. Apparatus,[10] p. 588.
[10] Lachm. reads γνωσόμεθα, with ABC; Tisch. and Rec. Text, γινώσκομεν, with Vulg. alone of the oldest authorities. C Vulg. have τὰς καρδίας: so Tisch. and Rec. Text. B and corrected A Syr. and Theb. have τὴν καρδίαν: so Lachm-E.