Verses to review today: 1 John 5:6-14
New Verse: 1 John 5:15

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And if we know that he hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests that we have asked of him. (ESV)

And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him. (KJV)

Greek: καὶ ἐὰν οἴδαμεν ὅτι ἀκούει ἡμῶν ὃ ἐὰν αἰτώμεθα, οἴδαμεν ὅτι ἔχομεν τὰ αἰτήματα ἃ ᾐτήκαμεν ἀπʼ αὐτοῦ.

Transliterated Greek: kai ean oidamen hoti akouei hēmōn ho ean aitōmetha, oidamen hoti echomen ta aitēmata ha ētēkamen ap’ autou.

Literal Word for Word Translation: And if we know that he hears us, what we might ask, we know that we have the requests that we have asked of him.

Vocab: οἴδαμεν, oidamen, we have known.

Commentary: Verse 15 is restating the confidence in the prayer done in accordance with the Lord’s will mentioned in verse 14. An example of this comes from James 1:5-8, 5 If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him. 6 But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind. 7 For that person must not suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord; 8 he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways. Here, the request isn’t for whatever we want from a fleshly perspective, but is for wisdom, which is always God’s will for us to have.