¹⁴And this is ^hthe confidence that we have toward him, that ⁱif we ask anything according to his will he hears us. ¹⁵And if we know that he hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests that we have asked of him.

¹⁶If anyone sees his brother committing a sin not leading to death, he shall ask, and ^jGod¹ will give him life—to those who commit sins that do not lead to death. ^kThere is sin that leads to death; ^lI do not say that one should pray for that. ¹⁷^mAll wrongdoing is sin, but there is sin that does not lead to death.

¹⁸We know that ⁿeveryone who has been born of God does not keep on sinning, but ^ohe who was born of God ^pprotects him, and the evil one does not touch him.

¹⁹We know that we are from God, and ^qthe whole world lies in the power of the evil one.

²⁰And we know that the Son of God has come and ^rhas given us understanding, so that we may know ^shim who is true; and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and ^teternal life. ²¹Little children, ^ukeep yourselves from idols.

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1 John 5:20: And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true; and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.

Footnotes

1Greek he

Cross references

hch. 2:28; 3:21; 4:17
ich. 3:22; [Prov. 10:24]
j[Job 42:8; James 5:15]
k Matt. 12:31, 32; Mark 3:29; Luke 12:10; Heb. 6:4–6; 10:26
l[Jer. 7:16; 14:11]
m[ch. 3:4]
nch. 3:9
o John 1:18
p John 17:12
q[Luke 4:6; Gal. 1:4]
r[Luke 24:45]
sSee John 17:3; Rev. 3:7
tver. 11–13
u 1 Cor. 10:7, 14