Love One Another

1 John 3:22

In 9 translations

BSB: and we will receive from Him whatever we ask, because we keep His commandments and do what is pleasing in His sight.
KJV: And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.
WEB: so whatever we ask, we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do the things that are pleasing in his sight.
ASV: and whatsoever we ask we receive of him, because we keep his commandments and do the things that are pleasing in his sight.
LSV: and whatever we may ask, we receive from Him, because we keep His commands, and we do the things pleasing before Him,
YLT: and whatever we may ask, we receive from Him, because His commands we keep, and the things pleasing before Him we do,
DBY: and whatsoever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments, and practise the things which are pleasing in his sight.
DRC: And whatsoever we shall ask, we shall receive of him: because we keep his commandments, and do those things which are pleasing in his sight.
GNV: And whatsoeuer we aske we receiue of him, because we keepe his commandements, and do those things which are pleasing in his sight.

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Where the editions differ

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NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Tregelles, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read ἐὰν (“maybe”); Westcott–Hort read ἂν (“maybe”).
NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read ἀπ᾽ (“from”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read παρ᾽ (“from”).

SBLGNT apparatus (2)

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SBLGNT: ἐὰν. Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition, Robinson–Pierpont read ἐὰν; Westcott and Hort (1881) read ἂν.
SBLGNT: ἀπʼ. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ἀπʼ; Robinson–Pierpont read παρʼ.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT: καὶ ὃ ἐὰν αἰτῶμεν λαμβάνομεν ἀπʼ αὐτοῦ, ὅτι τὰς ἐντολὰς αὐτοῦ τηροῦμεν καὶ τὰ ἀρεστὰ ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ ποιοῦμεν.
RP2018: καὶ ὃ ἐὰν αἰτῶμεν, λαμβάνομεν παρ’ αὐτοῦ, ὅτι τὰς ἐντολὰς αὐτοῦ τηροῦμεν, καὶ τὰ ἀρεστὰ ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ ποιοῦμεν.
TR-Boyd: καὶ ὃ ἐὰν αἰτῶμεν, λαμβάνομεν παρ᾿ αὐτοῦ, ὅτι τὰς ἐντολὰς αὐτοῦ τηροῦμεν, καὶ τὰ ἀρεστὰ ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ ποιοῦμεν.
SCR1894: και ο εαν αιτωμεν λαμβανομεν παρ αυτου οτι τας εντολας αυτου τηρουμεν και τα αρεστα ενωπιον αυτου ποιουμεν

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

Assurance Prayer Self-Examination Ethics Law of God, The Prayer, Answers to Righteousness Commandments John, the Epistles of Obedience

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Cross-references most cited first

John 15:7If you remain in Me and My words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.
John 9:31We know that God does not listen to sinners, but He does listen to the one who worships Him and does His will.
Matthew 21:22If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.”
1 John 5:14And this is the confidence that we have before Him: If we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.
Mark 11:24Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.
John 16:23–24In that day you will no longer ask Me anything. Truly, truly, I tell you, whatever you ask the Father in My name, He will give you. Until now you have not asked for anything in My name. Ask and you will receive, so…
Psalms 34:4I sought the LORD, and He answered me; He delivered me from all my fears.
John 14:13And I will do whatever you ask in My name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
Proverbs 15:29The LORD is far from the wicked, but He hears the prayer of the righteous.
Matthew 7:7–8Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.
Psalms 145:18–19The LORD is near to all who call on Him, to all who call out to Him in truth. He fulfills the desires of those who fear Him; He hears their cry and saves them.
Jeremiah 29:12–13Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart.
James 1:5Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him.
Jeremiah 33:3Call to Me, and I will answer and show you great and unsearchable things you do not know.
John 8:29He who sent Me is with Me. He has not left Me alone, because I always do what pleases Him.”
1 John 3:23–24And this is His commandment: that we should believe in the name of His Son, Jesus Christ, and we should love one another just as He commanded us. Whoever keeps His commandments remains in God, and God in him. And by…

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