1 John 5:15

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

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

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

In Context

14And this is the confidence which we have towards him: That, whatsoever we shall ask according to his will, he heareth us.

16He that knoweth his brother to sin a sin which is not to death, let him ask, and life shall be given to him, who sinneth not to death. There is a sin unto death: for that I say not that any man ask.

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Cross References

Proverbs 15:29The Lord is far from the wicked: and he will hear the prayers of the just.

Mark 11:24Therefore I say unto you, all things, whatsoever you ask when ye pray, believe that you shall receive; and they shall come unto you.

1 John 5:18We know that whosoever is born of God, sinneth not: but the generation of God preserveth him, and the wicked one toucheth him not.

Matthew Henry on 1 John 5:15-18

The Sin unto Death. ( a. d. 80.) 14 And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us: 15 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… Read the whole commentary →

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