1 John 5:14 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁴ And this is the boldness we have in him, that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁴ And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁴ And this is the confidence (the assurance, the privilege of boldness) which we have in Him: [we are sure] that if we ask anything (make any request) according to His will (in agreement with His own plan), He listens to and hears us.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁴ And this is the boldness which we have toward him, that, if we ask anything according to his will, he heareth us:

Common English Bible

¹⁴ This is the confidence that we have in our relationship with God: If we ask for anything in agreement with his will, he listens to us.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁴ And this is the confidence which we have toward God: that no matter what we shall request, in accord with his will, he hears us.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁴ And this is the confidence which we have towards him: That, whatsoever we shall ask according to his will, he heareth us.

1 John 5:14 Cross References

1 Kings 3:12

I now do according to your word. Indeed, I give you a wise and discerning mind; no one like you has been before you, and no one like you shall arise after you.

Job 34:28

so that they caused the cry of the poor to come to him, and he heard the cry of the afflicted—

Psalm 145:19

He fulfills the desire of all who fear him; he also hears their cry and saves them.

Psalm 31:22

I had said in my alarm, “I am driven far from your sight.” But you heard my supplications when I cried out to you for help.

Psalm 34:17

When the righteous cry for help, the Lord hears and rescues them from all their troubles.

Psalm 69:33

For the Lord hears the needy and does not despise his own who are in bonds.

Proverbs 10:24

What the wicked dread will come upon them, but the desire of the righteous will be granted.

Proverbs 15:29

The Lord is far from the wicked, but he hears the prayer of the righteous.

Jeremiah 33:3

Call to me, and I will answer you and will tell you great and hidden things that you have not known.

Matthew 21:22

Whatever you ask for in prayer with faith, you will receive.”

John 11:42

I knew that you always hear me, but I have said this for the sake of the crowd standing here, so that they may believe that you sent me.”

John 14:13

I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

John 15:7

If you abide in me and my words abide in you, ask for whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.

John 16:24

Until now you have not asked for anything in my name. Ask and you will receive, so that your joy may be complete.

John 9:31

We know that God does not listen to sinners, but he does listen to one who worships him and obeys his will.

Ephesians 3:12

in whom we have access in boldness and confidence through faith in him.

Hebrews 10:35

Do not, therefore, abandon that boldness of yours; it brings a great reward.

Hebrews 3:14

For we have become partners of Christ, if only we hold our first confidence firm to the end.

Hebrews 3:6

Christ, however, was faithful over God’s house as a son, and we are his house if we hold firm the boldness and the pride inspired by hope.

James 4:3

You ask and do not receive because you ask wrongly, in order to spend what you get on your pleasures.

James 5:16

Therefore confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, so that you may be healed. The prayer of the righteous is powerful and effective.

1 John 2:28

And now, little children, abide in him, so that when he is revealed we may have confidence and not be put to shame before him at his coming.