11 translations · Greek
1 John 5:14
This is the boldness which we have toward him, that, if we ask anything according to his will, he listens to us.
1 John 5:14 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- This is the boldness which we have toward him, that, if we ask anything according to his will, he listens to us.
- KJV King James Version
- And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us:
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- And this is the confidence that we have before Him: If we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.
- ASV American Standard Version
- And this is the boldness which we have toward him, that, if we ask anything according to his will, he heareth us:
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- And this is the boldness that we have toward Him, that if we may ask anything according to His will, He hears us,
- FBV Free Bible Version
- We can be confident that he will listen to us as long as we ask in accordance with his will.
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- And this is the boldness that we have toward Him, that if anything we may ask according to his will, He doth hear us,
- DBY Darby Translation
- And this is the boldness which we have towards him, that if we ask him anything according to his will he hears us.
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- And this is the confidence that we have in him, that if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us:
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- This is the boldness which we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will, he listens to us.
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- And this is the confidence which we have towards him: That, whatsoever we shall ask according to his will, he heareth us.
The Greek words
Each word of the Greek text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| Καὶ | Kai | And | G2532 καί and |
| αὕτη | hautē | this | G3778 οὗτος this/he/she/it |
| ἐστὶν | estin | is | G1510 εἰμί to be |
| ἡ | hē | the | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| παρρησία | parrēsia | confidence | G3954 παρρησία boldness |
| ἣν | hēn | that | G3739 ὅς which |
| ἔχομεν | echomen | we have | G2192 ἔχω to have/be |
| πρὸς | pros | before | G4314 πρός to/with |
| αὐτόν | auton | Him | G846 αὐτός it/s/he |
| ὅτι | hoti | — | G3754 ὅτι that/since: that |
| ἐάν | ean | If | G1437 ἐάν if |
| τι | ti | anything | G5100 τις one |
| αἰτώμεθα | aitōmetha | we ask | G154 αἰτέω to ask |
| κατὰ | kata | according to | G2596 κατά according to |
| τὸ | to | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| θέλημα | thelēma | will | G2307 θέλημα will/desire |
| αὐτοῦ | autou | His | G846 αὐτός it/s/he |
| ἀκούει | akouei | He hears | G191 ἀκούω to hear |
| ἡμῶν | hēmōn | us | G1473 ἐγώ I/we |
Related verses
- John 14:13
Whatever you will ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
- Jeremiah 29:12–13
You shall call on me, and you shall go and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You shall seek me, and find me, when you search for me with all your heart.
- Jeremiah 33:3
‘Call to me, and I will answer you, and will show you great and difficult things, which you don’t know.’
- 1 John 3:21–22
Beloved, if our hearts don’t condemn us, we have boldness toward God; and whatever we ask, we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do the things that are pleasing in his sight.
- John 15:7
If you remain in me, and my words remain in you, you will ask whatever you desire, and it will be done for you.
- Matthew 7:7–11
“Ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened for you. For everyone who asks receives. He who seeks finds. To him who knocks it will be opened. Or who is there among you, who, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone? …
- Matthew 21:22
All things, whatever you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive.”
- Psalm 34:17
The righteous cry, and Yahweh hears, and delivers them out of all their troubles.
- John 9:31
We know that God doesn’t listen to sinners, but if anyone is a worshiper of God, and does his will, he listens to him.
- James 4:3
You ask, and don’t receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it on your pleasures.
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
12 He who has the Son has the life. He who doesn’t have God’s Son doesn’t have the life.
13 These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may continue to believe in the name of the Son of God.
14 This is the boldness which we have toward him, that, if we ask anything according to his will, he listens to us.
15 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.
16 If anyone sees his brother sinning a sin not leading to death, he shall ask, and God will give him life for those who sin not leading to death. There is a sin leading to death. I don’t say that he should make a request concerning this.
Read all of 1 John 5 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.
Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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