Your Daily Verse - 1 John 5:14
Change Translation
- Recent Translations
- All Translations
Confidence in prayer
13 I write these things to you who believe in the name of God's Son so that you can know that you have eternal life.
14
This is the confidence that we have in our relationship with God: If we ask for anything in agreement with his will, he listens to us.
15
If we know that he listens to whatever we ask, we know that we have received what we asked from him.
16
If anyone sees a brother or sister committing a sin that does not result in death, they should pray, and God will give life to them—that is, to those who commit sins that don't result in death. There is a sin that results in death—I'm not saying that you should pray about that.
17
Every unrighteous action is sin, but there is a sin that does not result in death.
Be on guard
18 We know that everyone born from God does not sin, but the ones born from God guard themselves, and the evil one cannot touch them.
19
We know we are from God, and the whole world lies in the power of the evil one.
20
We know that God's Son has come and has given us understanding to know the one who is true. We are in the one who is true by being in his Son, Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life.
21
Little children, guard yourselves from idols!
More:
Faith Verses
Images for 1 John 5:13-21
1 John 5:13-14
Share
1 John 5:13-21 Study Resources
Sermons
Knowing What We Know Part 2
John Randall
You picked a good day to join us, as together we wrap up our study of First John. So let’s say you have a friend or family member that is living in unrepentant sin! Maybe living with their boyfriend or girlfriend. Or perhaps using drugs. What do you do? We’ll get some much needed help with that today as pastor John looks at a critical conclusion to this epistle.
1 John 5:13-21
Dr. J. Vernon McGee
God is light. God is love. God is life. That’s what we’ve been learning in this study of 1 John. Join us for Dr. McGee’s powerful last message in this series as he asks important questions like: What’s taking your time and attention these days? Is there something keeping you from God and the way He wants you to live?
He answers
Dr. J. Vernon McGee
God will hear the prayers of His children. “And if we know that he hear us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.” Now, that is a wonderful place to come to—to know that you and I have a heavenly Father, we’re in fellowship with Him, that we’re going to pray—not selfishly. Or if we regard sin in our lives or there could be other hindrances to prayer. But when we’re walking in fellowship with Him, we can be sure of one thing—that if we are following Him, that what we ask we can have confidence that He will hear and answer the prayer.
Confidence in prayer
Dr. J. Vernon McGee
We need confidence in prayer, and it must be according to the will of God. And if you and I are in fellowship with Him, walking with Him, then our prayer would be along that line, of course. It would be for God’s will in our lives. George Muller put it like this. He says, “Prayer is not overcoming God’s reluctance. It is laying hold of His willingness.” That is the important thing. It’s not trying to get God to do something that He’s reluctant to do, but prayer is when you and I are thinking His thoughts after Him. And that is the thing that gives us confidence when we go to God in prayer.
Who is He?
Dr. J. Vernon McGee
Do you believe God? Do you believe the record that He gave? He says if you have the Son you have life. Now do you believe that? He didn’t say if you feel like it or if you’ve joined something, but He says, “If you believe in the Lord Jesus Christ as your Savior and if you have Him”—and He says, “That’s the reason I’ve written this epistle to you, that you might know that you have eternal life.” This is made, I think, very clear here: “These are written that you might believe that Jesus is the Christ”—that’s who He is—“and that believing you might have life through his name.”
A Critical Conclusion, Part 2
John Randall
Let's say you have a friend or family member that is living in unrepentant sin! Maybe living with their boyfriend or girlfriend. Or perhaps using drugs. What do you do? We’ll get some much needed help with that today as pastor John Randall looks at a critical conclusion to this epistle.
Footnotes 1
- [a] Or but the one who is born from God guards him from sin
Copyright © 2011 Common English Bible
Study Tools
PLUSUnlock Notes
This feature is for PLUS subscribers only. Join PLUS today to access these tools and more.
JOIN PLUSUnlock Highlights
This feature is for PLUS subscribers only. Join PLUS today to access these tools and more.
JOIN PLUSUnlock Bookmarks
This feature is for PLUS subscribers only. Join PLUS today to access these tools and more.
JOIN PLUSTrack Your Reading
Create a free account to start a reading plan, or join PLUS to unlock our full suite of premium study tools.
Already have an account? Sign in