1 John 5:14

Also, this is the confidence we have before him, that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.

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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 have written to you these things so that you will know that you have eternal life—to you who believe in the name of the Son of God.

15Also, if we know that he hears us—whatever we ask of him—we know that we have whatever we have asked of him.

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Cross References

Psalms 31:22Though I said in my haste, 1 “I am cut off from your eyes,” 1 yet you heard my plea for help 1 when I cried to you. 1

Psalms 69:33For Yahweh hears the needy 1 and does not despise his prisoners. 1

Jeremiah 29:12Then you will call to me, and go and pray to me, and I will listen 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 9:31We know that God does not listen to sinners, but if someone is devout and does his will, he listens to him.

John 14:13Whatever you ask in my name, I will do it so that the Father will 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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