15And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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. …
Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.
The LORD is far from the wicked: but he heareth the prayer of the righteous.
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. …
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…
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