1 John 5:14

And this is the boldness that we have toward Him, that if we may ask anything according to His will, He hears us,

Literal Standard Version

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

13I wrote these things to you who are believing in the Name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have continuous life, and that you may believe in the Name of the Son of God.

15and if we have known that He hears us, whatever we may ask, we have known that we have the requests that we have requested from Him.

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Cross References

Psalms 31:22And I have said in my haste, “I have been cut off from before Your eyes,” || But You have heard the voice of my supplications, || In my crying to You.

Psalms 69:33For YHWH listens to the needy, || And He has not despised His bound ones.

Jeremiah 29:12And you have called Me, and have gone, and have prayed to Me, and I have listened to you,

Matthew 7:7Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you;

John 9:31And we have known that God does not hear sinners, but if anyone may be a worshiper of God, and may do His will, He hears him;

John 14:13and whatever you may ask in My Name, I will 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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