1 John 5:15

15 And yf we knowe that he heare vs what soever we axe we knowe that we shall have the peticions that we desyre of him.

1 John 5:15 Meaning and Commentary

1 John 5:15

And if we know that he hear us
As it may be assured he does hear and answer all such persons that ask according to his will:

whatsoever we ask, we know,
or are assured,

that we have the petitions that we desired of him:
for as it is the nature of that holy confidence, which believers have in God, to believe whatever they ask according to his will, in general, shall be grappled, so every request in particular; yea, before the mercy desired, or the favour asked for is conferred, they are as sure of having it in God's own time and way, as if they now had it in hand and fact.

1 John 5:15 In-Context

13 These thynges have I written vnto you that beleve on the name of the sonne of God that ye maye knowe howe that ye have eternall lyfe and that ye maye beleve on the name of the sonne of god.

14 And this is the trust that we have in him: that yf we axe eny thinge accordynge to his will he heareth vs.

15 And yf we knowe that he heare vs what soever we axe we knowe that we shall have the peticions that we desyre of him.

16 Yf eny man se his brother synne a synne that is not vnto deeth let him axe and he shall geve him lyfe for them that synne not vnto deeth. Ther is a synne vnto deeth for which saye I not that a man shuld praye.

17 All vnrightewesnes is synne and ther is synne not vnto deeth.