1 John 5:15

If we know that he hears our requests, we can be sure that we will receive what we've asked him for.

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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

14We can be confident that he will listen to us as long as we ask in accordance with his will.

16If you see your Christian brother or sister committing a sin that is not a deadly sin, you ought to pray and God will grant life to the one who's sinned. (But not for a deadly sin. There's a sin that is deadly, and I'm not saying people should pray about that.

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Cross References

Proverbs 15:29The Lord keeps his distance from the wicked, but he hears the prayers of the good.

Mark 11:24I'm telling you that whatever you pray for, whatever you ask, trust that you've received it, and it's yours.

1 John 5:18We recognize that those who are born of God don't keep on sinning. The Son of God protects them and the devil cannot harm them.

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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