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1 John 5:15 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: King James Version
" And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him. "
1 John 5:15
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13 These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.
14 And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us:
15 And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.
16 If any man see his brother sin a sin which is not unto death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life for them that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death: I do not say that he shall pray for it.
17 All unrighteousness is sin: and there is a sin not unto death.
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1 John 5:1
"Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him."
1 John 5:2
"By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments."
1 John 5:3
"For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous."
1 John 5:4
"For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith."
1 John 5:5
"Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?"
1 John 5:6
"This is he that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth."
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