1 John 5:15

And if we are persuaded that he heareth us concerning what we ask from him, we are confident of receiving already the requests that we ask from him.

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

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 assurance that we have toward him, that all that we ask of him according to his will, he heareth us.

16if a man shall see his brother sin a sin not obnoxious to the death, he shall ask, and life be given to him, to those who sin not as unto the death. For there is the sin of death;-it is not concerning this I say that a man shall pray.

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Cross References

Mark 11:24On this account I tell you, that every thing whatever you supplicate and ask, believe that you receive, and it shall be unto you.

1 John 5:18And we know that every one who is born of Aloha sinneth not. For he who is born of Aloha keepeth himself, and the Evil doth not approach him.

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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