1 John 5:14

This is the boldness which we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will, he listens to us.

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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 have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may continue to believe in the name of the Son of God.

15And if we know that he listens to us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions which we have asked of him.

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Cross References

Psalms 31:22As for me, I said in my haste, “I am cut off from before your eyes.” Nevertheless you heard the voice of my petitions when I cried to you.

Psalms 69:33For the LORD hears the needy, and doesn’t despise his captive people.

Jeremiah 29:12You shall call on me, and you shall go and pray to me, and I will listen to you.

Matthew 7:7“Ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened for you.

John 9:31We know that God doesn’t listen to sinners, but if anyone is a worshiper of God and does his will, he listens to him.

John 14:13Whatever you will ask in my name, I will do it, 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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