1 John 5:15

1 John 5:15

13 These 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,¹ and that you may continue to believe in the name of the Son of God.

Confidence and Compassion in Prayer

14 Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that ^aif we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.

15 And if we know that He hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we have asked of Him.

16 If anyone sees his brother sinning a sin which does not lead to death, he will ask, and ^aHe will give him life for those who commit sin not leading to death. ^bThere is sin leading to death. ^cI do not say that he should pray about that.

17 ^aAll unrighteousness is sin, and there is sin not leading to death.

Knowing the True—Rejecting the False

18 We know that ^awhoever is born of God does not sin; but he who has been born of God ^bkeeps himself, and the wicked one does not touch him.

19 We know that we are of God, and ^athe whole world lies under the sway of the wicked one.

Commentaries:

Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)

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And if we know (kai ean oidamen). Condition of first class with ean (usually ei) and the perfect active indicative, assumed as true. See I Thessalonians 3:8; Acts 8:31 for the indicative with ean as in the papyri. "An amplification of the second limitation" (D. Smith).

Whatsoever we ask (o ean aitwmeqa). Indefinite relative clause with modal ean (=an) and the present middle (as for ourselves) subjunctive of aitew. This clause, like hmwn, is also the object of akouei.

We know that we have (oidamen oti exomen). Repetition of oidamen, the confidence of possession by anticipation.

The petitions (ta aithmata). Old word, from aitew, requests, here only in John, elsewhere in N.T. Luke 23:24; Philippians 4:6. We have the answer already as in Mark 11:24.

We have asked (hthkamen). Perfect active indicative of aitew, the asking abiding.

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