1 John 5:15
13 These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.
14 And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us:
And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.
16 If any man see his brother sin a sin which is not unto death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life for them that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death: I do not say that he shall pray for it.
17 All unrighteousness is sin: and there is a sin not unto death.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- And if we know that He hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we already possess what we have asked of Him.
- KJV
- And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.
- WEB
- And if we know that he listens to us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions which we have asked of him.
- ASV
- and if we know that he heareth us whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions which we have asked of him.
- DARBY
- And if we know that he hears us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions which we have asked of him.
- BLB
- And if we know that He hears us, whatever we may ask, we know that we have the requests that we have asked from Him.
- ÅB
- og dersom vi vet at han hører oss, hva vi så ber om, da vet vi at vi har de ting vi har bedt ham om.
- OTB
- Og hvis vi vet at Han hører oss uansett hva vi ber om, vet vi at vi har de bønner vi har bedt Ham om.
- B1930
- og dersom vi vet at han hører oss, hvad vi så beder om, da vet vi at vi har de ting vi har bedt ham om.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Luke 11:9–10
And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.
Read in contextMark 11:24
Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.
Read in contextProverbs 15:29
The LORD is far from the wicked: but he heareth the prayer of the righteous.
Read in context1 John 5:18–20
We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not.
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