Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
And if we know that he listens to our requests, we can be sure that we have what we ask him for.
New American Standard Bible
And if we know that He hears us in whatever we ask,
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.
Holman Bible
And if we know that He hears whatever we ask,
A Conservative Version
And if we know that he hears us, whatever we may ask, we know that we have the requests that we have asked from him.
American Standard Version
and if we know that he heareth us whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions which we have asked of him.
Amplified
And if we know [for a fact, as indeed we do] that He hears and listens to us in whatever we ask, we [also] know [with settled and absolute knowledge] that we have [granted to us] the requests which we have asked from Him.
An Understandable Version
And if we can be sure that He hears our request for whatever we ask [of Him], we can [also] be certain that we [will] have whatever we have requested from Him.
Anderson New Testament
And if we know that he hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions which we have asked of him.
Bible in Basic English
And if we are certain that he gives ear to all our requests, we are equally certain that we will get our requests.
Common New Testament
And if we know that he hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests that we have asked of him.
Daniel Mace New Testament
and since we are sure that he hears all our prayers, we are sure that the petitions we presented to him, will be answered.
Darby Translation
And if we know that he hears us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions which we have asked of him.
Emphatic Diaglott Bible
And if we know that he hearkens to us, concerning whatever we ask; we know that we shall obtain the petitions which we have asked from him.
Godbey New Testament
And if we know that he hears us as to whatsoever we may ask, we know that we have the petitions which we have asked from him.
Goodspeed New Testament
And if we know that he listens to whatever we ask him for, we know that the requests we have made of him are granted.
John Wesley New Testament
And if we know that he heareth us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions which we asked of him.
Julia Smith Translation
And if we know that he hear us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions which we have asked of him.
King James 2000
And if we know that he hears us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the requests that we desired of him.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And if we know that he hears us [in] whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests that we have asked from him.
Modern King James verseion
And if we know that He hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of Him.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And if we know that he hear us whatsoever we ask, we know that we shall have the petitions that we desire of him.
Moffatt New Testament
and if we know he listens to whatever we ask, we know we obtain the requests we have made to him.
Montgomery New Testament
And if we know that he is listening to us in what ever we are asking, we know that we obtain the petitions which we have made to him.
NET Bible
And if we know that he hears us in regard to whatever we ask, then we know that we have the requests that we have asked from him.
New Heart English Bible
And if we know that he listens to us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions which we have asked of him.
Noyes New Testament
and if we know that he heareth us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests which we have asked of him.
Sawyer New Testament
And if we know that he hears us whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions which we have asked of him.
The Emphasized Bible
And, if we know that he doth hearken unto us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the things asked, which we have asked of him,
Thomas Haweis New Testament
And if we know that he heareth us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we receive the petitions, which we have requested, from him.
Twentieth Century New Testament
And if we realize that he listens to us--whatever we ask--we realize that we have what we have asked from him.
Webster
And if we know that he heareth us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired from him.
Weymouth New Testament
And since we know that He listens to us, then whatever we ask, we know that we have the things which we have asked from Him.
Williams New Testament
And if we know that He listens to us in whatever we ask Him for, we know that we get from Him the things that we have asked Him for.
World English Bible
And if we know that he listens to us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions which we have asked of him.
Worrell New Testament
and, if we know that He heareth us whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions which we asked of Him.
Worsley New Testament
and if we know that He heareth us in whatsoever we ask; we know that we shall have the petitions, which we have requested of Him.
Youngs Literal Translation
and if we have known that He doth hear us, whatever we may ask, we have known that we have the requests that we have requested from Him.
Themes
Assurance » Saints privileged to have, of » Answers to prayer
Assurance » Saints privileged to have » Answers to prayer
Confidence » What you can be confident in
Interlinear
Eido
εἴδω
Eido
know, cannot tell , know how, wist, , see, behold, look, perceive, vr see, vr know
Usage: 519
Hoti
ὅτι
Hoti
ὅς ἥ ὅ
Hos
that, for, because, how that, how,
which, whom, that, who, whose, what, that which, whereof,
Usage: 764
Usage: 980
Hos
References
Watsons
Word Count of 38 Translations in 1 John 5:15
Verse Info
Context Readings
Our Assurance Of Eternal Life
14 And this is the confidence that we have in him: if we ask for anything according to his will, he listens to us. 15 And if we know that he listens to our requests, we can be sure that we have what we ask him for. 16 If anyone sees his brother committing a sin that does not lead to death, he should pray that God would give him life. This applies to those who commit sins that do not lead to death. There is a sin that leads to death. I am not telling you to pray about that.
Cross References
Proverbs 15:29
The LORD is far away from the wicked, but he hears the prayers of the righteous.
Jeremiah 15:12-13
"Can anyone break iron iron from the north or bronze?
Mark 11:24
That is why I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it and it will be yours.
Luke 11:9-10
So I say to you: Keep asking, and it will be given you. Keep searching, and you will find. Keep knocking, and the door will be opened for you,
1 John 5:18-20
We know that the person who has been born from God does not go on sinning. Rather, the Son of God protects them, and the evil one cannot harm them.