1 John 5:14 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹⁴And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us:

1 John 5:14 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

John 14:13
And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
Jeremiah 33:3
Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.
Jeremiah 29:12-13
Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you. …
John 15:7
If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
1 John 3:21-22
Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God. …

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 14-17)

Here we have, I. A privilege belonging to faith in Christ, namely, audience in prayer: This is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us, 1 John 5:14. The Lord Christ emboldens us to come to God in all circumstances, with all our supplications and requests. Through him our petitions are admitted and accepted of God. The matter of our prayer…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 14)

14. the confidence--boldness (1Jo 4:17) in prayer, which results from knowing that we have eternal life (1Jo 5:13; 1Jo 3:19, 22). according to his will--which is the believer’s will, and which is therefore no restraint to his prayers. In so far as God’s will is not our will, we are not abiding in faith, and our prayers are not accepted. Alford well says, If we knew God’s will thoroughly, and submi…