¹⁴And this is the ^aconfidence that we have ^||in him, that, ^bif we ask any thing ^caccording to his will, he heareth us: ¹⁵And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, ^dwe know that ^bwe have the petitions that we desired of him.

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aSee ch. 3:21.
||Or, concerning him. Gk. as ch. 1:2. & 2:1. & 3:21.
bSee ch. 3:22. So Prov. 10:24.
cSo Rom. 8:27. Comp. James 4:3.
dver. 18, 19, 20. See John 21:24.
bSee ch. 3:22. So Prov. 10:24.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us. 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.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. And if we know that he hears us—whatever we ask—we know that we have what we asked of him.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

This is the confidence we have before him: If we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. And if we know that he hears whatever we ask, we know that we have what we have asked of him.

NLTNew Living Translation

And we are confident that he hears us whenever we ask for anything that pleases him. And since we know he hears us when we make our requests, we also know that he will give us what we ask for.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And this is the confidence that we have before him: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. And if we know that he hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests that we have asked from him.