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1 John 5:13-21

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That You May Know

13 I write 1these things to you who 2believe in the name of the Son of God that you may know that you have eternal life.
14 And this is 3the confidence that we have toward him, that 4if we ask anything according to his will he hears us.
15 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.
16 If anyone sees his brother committing a sin not leading to death, he shall ask, and 5God[a] will give him life—to those who commit sins that do not lead to death. 6There is sin that leads to death; 7I do not say that one should pray for that.
17 8All wrongdoing is sin, but there is sin that does not lead to death.
18 We know that 9everyone who has been born of God does not keep on sinning, but 10he who was born of God 11protects him, and the evil one does not touch him.
19 We know that we are from God, and 12the whole world lies in the power of the evil one.
20 And we know that the Son of God has come and 13has given us understanding, so that we may know 14him who is true; and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and 15eternal life.
21 Little children, 16keep yourselves from idols.

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1 John 5:13-21 Study Resources

Sermons

He answers
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
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?
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.”

Cross References 16

  • 1. 5:13 John 20:31
  • 2. 5:13 John 1:12
  • 3. 5:14 ch. 2:28; 3:21; 4:17
  • 4. 5:14 ch. 3:22; [Prov. 10:24]
  • 5. 5:16 [Job 42:8; James 5:15]
  • 6. 5:16 Matt. 12:31, 32; Mark 3:29; Luke 12:10; Heb. 6:4-6; 10:26
  • 7. 5:16 [Jer. 7:16; 14:11]
  • 8. 5:17 [ch. 3:4]
  • 9. 5:18 ch. 3:9
  • 10. 5:18 John 1:18
  • 11. 5:18 John 17:12
  • 12. 5:19 [Luke 4:6; Gal. 1:4]
  • 13. 5:20 [Luke 24:45]
  • 14. 5:20 See John 17:3; Rev. 3:7
  • 15. 5:20 ver. 11-13
  • 16. 5:21 1 Cor. 10:7, 14

Footnotes 1

  • [a] 5:16 Greek 'he'

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