1 John 5:14

And this is the confidence which we have towards him: That, whatsoever we shall ask according to his will, he heareth us.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

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

In Context

13These things I write to you, that you may know that you have eternal life, you who believe in the name of the Son of God.

15And we know that he heareth us whatsoever we ask: we know that we have the petitions which we request of him.

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Cross References

Psalms 31:22Blessed be the Lord, for he hath shewn his wonderful mercy to me in a fortified city.

Psalms 69:33Let the poor see and rejoice: seek ye God, and your soul shall live.

Jeremiah 29:12And you shall call upon me, and you shall go: and you shall pray to me, and I will hear you.

Matthew 7:7Ask, and it shall be given you: seek, and you shall find: knock, and it shall be opened to you.

John 9:31Now we know that God doth not hear sinners: but if a man be a server of God, and doth his will, him he heareth.

John 14:13Because I go to the Father: and whatsoever you shall ask the Father in my name, that will I do: that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

Matthew Henry on 1 John 5:11-14

The Believer's Privilege. ( a. d. 80.) 10 He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son. 11 And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. 12 He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life. 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… Read the whole commentary →

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