"And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us: {in: or,…" — 1 John 5:14

1 John 5:14 · KJV

“And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us: {in: or, concerning}”

— 1 John 5:14

Verse 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.

Verse 15

And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.

1 John 5 — Context

He that hath the Son hath life; {and} he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.

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.

And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us: {in: or, concerning}

And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.

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.

Cross References

John 14:13

And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

Jeremiah 29:12-13

Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you.

Jeremiah 33:3

Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not. {mighty: or, hidden}

1 John 3:21-22

Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, {then} have we confidence toward God.

John 15:7

If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.

Matthew 7:7-11

Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:

Matthew 21:22

And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.

Psalms 34:17

{The righteous} cry, and the LORD heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles.