Effective Prayer
1 John 5:15
In 9 translations
- BSB
- And if we know that He hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we already possess what we have asked of Him.
- KJV
- And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.
- WEB
- And if we know that he listens to us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions which we have asked of him.
- ASV
- and if we know that he heareth us whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions which we have asked of him.
- LSV
- and if we have known that He hears us, whatever we may ask, we have known that we have the requests that we have requested from Him.
- YLT
- and if we have known that He doth hear us, whatever we may ask, we have known that we have the requests that we have requested from Him.
- DBY
- And if we know that he hears us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions which we have asked of him.
- DRC
- And we know that he heareth us whatsoever we ask: we know that we have the petitions which we request of him.
- GNV
- And if we know that he heareth vs, whatsoeuer we aske, we know that we haue the petitions, that we haue desired of him.
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Where the editions differ
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- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Byzantine text read ἐὰν (“maybe”); Tregelles, Textus Receptus 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)
A comparison of published Greek editions. “Add” means after the SBLGNT wording; “omit” refers to that wording.
- SBLGNT: ἐὰν. Westcott and Hort (1881), Nestle–Aland 28th edition, Robinson–Pierpont read ἐὰν; Tregelles 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 ἐὰν οἴδαμεν ὅτι ἀκούει ἡμῶν ὃ ἐὰν αἰτώμεθα, οἴδαμεν ὅτι ἔχομεν τὰ αἰτήματα ἃ ᾐτήκαμεν ἀπʼ αὐτοῦ.
- RP2018
- καὶ ἐὰν οἴδαμεν ὅτι ἀκούει ἡμῶν, ὃ ἐὰν αἰτώμεθα, οἴδαμεν ὅτι ἔχομεν τὰ αἰτήματα ἃ ᾐτήκαμεν παρ’ αὐτοῦ.
- TR-Boyd
- καὶ ἐὰν οἴδαμεν ὅτι ἀκούει ἡμῶν, ὃ ἂν αἰτώμεθα, οἴδαμεν ὅτι ἔχομεν τὰ αἰτήματα ἃ ᾐτήκαμεν παρ᾿ αὐτοῦ.
- SCR1894
- και εαν οιδαμεν οτι ακουει ημων ο αν αιτωμεθα οιδαμεν οτι εχομεν τα αιτηματα α ητηκαμεν παρ αυτου
In the reference works topics that cite this verse
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Cross-references most cited first
- Luke 11:9–10So I tell you: Ask, 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.
- Mark 11:24Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.
- Proverbs 15:29The LORD is far from the wicked, but He hears the prayer of the righteous.
- 1 John 5:18–20We know that anyone born of God does not keep on sinning; the One who was born of God protects him, and the evil one cannot touch him. We know that we are of God, and that the whole world is under the power of the evil…
- Jeremiah 15:12–13Can anyone smash iron— iron from the north—or bronze? Your wealth and your treasures I will give up as plunder, without charge for all your sins within all your borders.
From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).