1 John 5:15
And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.
KJV
καὶ ἐὰν οἴδαμεν ὅτι ἀκούει ἡμῶν ὃ ἐὰν αἰτώμεθα, οἴδαμεν ὅτι ἔχομεν τὰ αἰτήματα ἃ ᾐτήκαμεν ἀπ’ αὐτοῦ.
Greek NT
Et scimus quia audit nos quidquid petierimus : scimus quoniam habemus petitiones quas postulamus ab eo.
Vulgate
and if we know that he heareth us whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions which we have asked of him.
ASV
And we know that he heareth us whatsoever we ask: we know that we have the petitions which we request of him.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
13 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Textual variants
2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
- ἐὰν — SBLGNT
- ἐὰν — Westcott-Hort, Reader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
- ἂν — Tregelles
- ἀπ᾽ — SBLGNT
- ἀπ᾽ — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- παρ᾽ — Robinson-Pierpont
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1John 5:18 — We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not.
- 1Sam 1:27 — For this child I prayed; and the LORD hath given me my petition which I asked of him:
- 2John 1:6 — And this is love, that we walk after his commandments. This is the commandment, That, as ye have heard from the beginning, ye should walk in it.
- Gen 18:32 — And he said, Oh let not the LORD be angry, and I will speak yet but this once: Peradventure ten shall be found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for ten’s sake.
- Luke 11:9 — And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.
- Mark 11:24 — Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.
- Prov 15:29 — The LORD is far from the wicked: but he heareth the prayer of the righteous.
- Ps 145:19 — He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: he also will hear their cry, and will save them.