1 John 5:14
Good News Translation
We have courage in God's presence, because we are sure that he hears us if we ask him for anything that is according to his will.

New Revised Standard Version
And this is the boldness we have in him, that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.

Contemporary English Version
We are certain God will hear our prayers when we ask for what pleases him.

New American Bible
And we have this confidence in him, that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And this is the confidence which we have towards him: That, whatsoever we shall ask according to his will, he heareth us.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And this is the confidence which we have towards him: That, whatsoever we shall ask according to his will, he heareth us.

this.

1 John 3:21 Dearly beloved, if our heart do not reprehend us, we have confidence towards God.

Ephesians 3:12 In whom we have boldness and access with confidence by the faith of him.

Hebrews 3:6,14 But Christ, as the Son in his own house: which house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and glory of hope unto the end. . . .

Hebrews 10:35 Do not therefore lose your confidence which hath a great reward.

in him.

1 John 3:22 And whatsoever we shall ask, we shall receive of him: because we keep his commandments and do those things which are pleasing in his sight.

Jeremiah 29:12,13 And you shall call upon me, and you shall go. and you shall pray to me, and I will hear you. . . .

Jeremiah 33:3 Cry to me and I will hear thee: and I will shew thee great things, and sure things which thou knowest not.

Matthew 7:7-11 Ask, and it shall be given you: seek, and you shall find: knock, and it shall be opened to you. . . .

Matthew 21:22 And all things whatsoever you shall ask in prayer believing, you shall receive.

John 14:13 Because I go to the Father: and whatsoever you shall ask the Father in my name, that will I do: that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

John 15:7 If you abide in me and my words abide in you, you shall ask whatever you will: and it shall be done unto you.

John 16:24 Hitherto, you have not asked any thing in my name. Ask, and you shall receive; that your joy may be full.

James 1:5,6 But if any of you want wisdom, let him ask of God who giveth to all men abundantly and upbraideth not. And it shall be given him. . . .

James 4:3 You ask and receive not: because you ask amiss, that you may consume it on your concupiscences.

James 5:16 Confess therefore your sins one to another: and pray one for another, that you may be saved. For the continual prayer of a just man availeth much.

he.

Job 34:28 So that they caused the cry of the needy to come to him, and he heard the voice of the poor.

Psalm 31:22 But I said in the excess of my mind: I am cast away from before thy eyes. Therefore thou hast heard the voice of my prayer, when I cried to thee.

Psalm 34:17 The just cried, and the Lord heard them: and delivered them out of all their troubles.

Psalm 69:33 For the Lord hath heard the poor: and hath not despised his prisoners.

Proverbs 15:29 The Lord is far from the wicked: and he will hear the prayers of the just.

John 9:31 Now we know that God doth not hear sinners: but if a man be a server of God and doth his, will, him he heareth.

John 11:42 And I knew that thou hearest me always: but because of the people who stand about have I said it, that they may believe that thou hast sent me.

Context
Effective Prayer
13These things I write to you that you may know that you have eternal life: you who believe in the name of the Son of God. 14And this is the confidence which we have towards him: That, whatsoever we shall ask according to his will, he heareth us. 15And we know that he heareth us whatsoever we ask: we know that we have the petitions which we request of him.…
Cross References
1 Kings 3:12
Behold I have done for thee according to thy words, and have given thee a wise and understanding heart, in so much that there hath been no one like thee before thee, nor shall arise after thee.

Psalm 145:19
He will do the will of them that fear him: and he will hear their prayer, and save them.

Proverbs 10:24
As a tempest that passeth, so the wicked shall be no more: but the just is as an everlasting foundation.

Matthew 7:7
Ask, and it shall be given you: seek, and you shall find: knock, and it shall be opened to you.

John 14:13
Because I go to the Father: and whatsoever you shall ask the Father in my name, that will I do: that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

James 4:3
You ask and receive not: because you ask amiss, that you may consume it on your concupiscences.

1 John 2:28
And now, little children, abide in him, that when he shall appear we may have confidence and not be confounded by him at his coming.

1 John 3:21
Dearly beloved, if our heart do not reprehend us, we have confidence towards God.

1 John 3:22
And whatsoever we shall ask, we shall receive of him: because we keep his commandments and do those things which are pleasing in his sight.

1 John 5:13
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