1 John 3:22

American Standard Version (1901)

and whatsoever we ask we receive of him, because we keep his commandments and do the things that are pleasing in his sight.

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  • Mark 11:24 : 24 Therefore I say unto you, All things whatsoever ye pray and ask for, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.
  • Matt 21:22 : 22 And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.
  • John 9:31 : 31 We know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God, and do his will, him he heareth.
  • John 15:7 : 7 If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatsoever ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
  • 1 John 5:14 : 14 And this is the boldness which we have toward him, that, if we ask anything according to his will, he heareth us:
  • Jas 5:16 : 16 Confess therefore your sins one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The supplication of a righteous man availeth much in its working.
  • John 16:23-24 : 23 And in that day ye shall ask me no question. Verily, verily, I say unto you, if ye shall ask anything of the Father, he will give it you in my name. 24 Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be made full.
  • John 14:13 : 13 And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
  • John 8:29 : 29 And he that sent me is with me; he hath not left me alone; for I do always the things that are pleasing to him.
  • Luke 11:9-9 : 9 And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you. 10 For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. 11 And of which of you that is a father shall his son ask a loaf, and he give him a stone? or a fish, and he for a fish give him a serpent? 12 Or [if] he shall ask an egg, will he give him a scorpion? 13 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall [your] heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?
  • Matt 7:7-8 : 7 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: 8 for every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
  • Matt 7:24-25 : 24 Every one therefore that heareth these words of mine, and doeth them, shall be likened unto a wise man, who built his house upon the rock: 25 and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and if fell not: for it was founded upon the rock.
  • John 6:29 : 29 Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.
  • Prov 15:29 : 29 Jehovah is far from the wicked; But he heareth the prayer of the righteous.
  • Isa 55:6-7 : 6 Seek ye Jehovah while he may be found; call ye upon him while he is near: 7 let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; and let him return unto Jehovah, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
  • Jer 29:12-13 : 12 And ye shall call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you. 13 And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.
  • Prov 28:9 : 9 He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, Even his prayer is an abomination.
  • Isa 1:15 : 15 And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you; yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.
  • Ps 34:4 : 4 I sought Jehovah, and he answered me, And delivered me from all my fears.
  • Ps 34:15-17 : 15 The eyes of Jehovah are toward the righteous, And his ears are [open] unto their cry. 16 The face of Jehovah is against them that do evil, To cut off the remembrance of them from the earth. 17 [ The righteous] cried, and Jehovah heard, And delivered them out of all their troubles.
  • Ps 50:15 : 15 And call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
  • Ps 66:18-19 : 18 If I regard iniquity in my heart, The Lord will not hear: 19 But verily God hath heard; He hath attended to the voice of my prayer.
  • Ps 145:18-19 : 18 Jehovah is nigh unto all them that call upon him, To all that call upon him in truth. 19 He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him; He also will hear their cry and will save them.
  • Col 1:10 : 10 to walk worthily of the Lord unto all pleasing, bearing fruit in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;
  • Jas 1:5 : 5 But if any of you lacketh wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all liberally and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.

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

    15and if we know that he heareth us whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions which we have asked of him.

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    23And this is his commandment, that we should believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, even as he gave us commandment.

    24And he that keepeth his commandments abideth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he gave us.

  • 3And hereby we know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.

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    18[ My] Little children, let us not love in word, neither with the tongue; but in deed and truth.

    19Hereby shall we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our heart before him:

    20because if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things.

    21Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, we have boldness toward God;

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    2Hereby we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and do his commandments.

    3For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.

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    5but whoso keepeth his word, in him verily hath the love of God been perfected. Hereby we know that we are in him:

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    13And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

    14If ye shall ask anything in my name, that will I do.

    15If ye love me, ye will keep my commandments.

  • 22And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.

  • 6And this is love, that we should walk after his commandments. This is the commandment, even as ye heard from the beginning, that ye should walk in it.

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    3that which we have seen and heard declare we unto you also, that ye also may have fellowship with us: yea, and our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ:

    4and these things we write, that our joy may be made full.

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    7but if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanseth us from all sin.

    8If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

    9If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

    10If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.

  • 19We love, because he first loved us.

  • 21He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself unto him.

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    16And we know and have believed the love which God hath in us. God is love; and he that abideth in love abideth in God, and God abideth in him.

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    1Behold what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called children of God; and [such] we are. For this cause the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.

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  • 20Children, obey your parents in all things, for this is well-pleasing in the Lord.

  • 24Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be made full.

  • 21And this commandment have we from him, that he who loveth God love his brother also.

  • 25And it shall be righteousness unto us, if we observe to do all this commandment before Jehovah our God, as he hath commanded us.

  • 3If ye walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them;

  • 25And this is the promise which he promised us, [even] the life eternal.

  • 14We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not abideth in death.

  • 3seeing that his divine power hath granted unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that called us by his own glory and virtue;

  • 3Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may spend [it] in your pleasures.

  • 1Finally then, brethren, we beseech and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that, as ye received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, even as ye do walk,--that ye abound more and more.

  • 1My little children, these things write I unto you that ye may not sin. And if any man sin, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:

  • 16Hereby know we love, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

  • 11Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.

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  • 17And whatsoever ye do, in word or in deed, [do] all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.