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1 John 5:15

And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “maybe” (ἐὰν) before we shall here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “from” (ἀπ᾽) before Him here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “maybe” (ἂν) before we shall here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “from” (παρ᾽) before Him here.

καὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andἐὰνeanifἐάνconjunction — “if”G1437if.ifοἴδαμενoidamento perceiveοἶδα (oida)verb, perfect active indicative, 1st person plural — “to perceive”, a completed action with a present resultG6063to perceiveὅτιhotithatὅτιconjunction — “that”G3754that, since, because; may introduce direct discourse.This verse uses “that”.thatἀκούειakoueihe hearἀκούω (akouō)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “he hear”, an ongoing or repeated actionG191I hear, listen, comprehend by hearing; pass: is heard, reported.This verse uses “hear”.he hearἡμῶνhēmōnIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, genitive, plural — “I”, the of-formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).usὃhowhatsoeverὅς (hos)relative pronoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “whatsoever”, the object formG3739who, which, what, that.whatsoeverἐὰνeanifἐάνparticle — “if”G1437if.αἰτώμεθαaitōmethawe askαἰτέω (aiteō)verb, present middle subjunctive, 1st person plural — “we ask”, an ongoing or repeated actionG154I ask, request, petition, demand.This verse uses “ask”.we askοἴδαμενoidamento perceiveοἶδα (oida)verb, perfect active indicative, 1st person plural — “to perceive”, a completed action with a present resultG6063to perceiveὅτιhotithatὅτιconjunction — “that”G3754that, since, because; may introduce direct discourse.This verse uses “that”.thatἔχομενechomenwe haveἔχω (echō)verb, present active indicative, 1st person plural — “we have”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2192I have, hold, possess.This verse uses “have”.we haveτὰtatheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, neuter — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.αἰτήματαaitēmatapetitionsαἴτημα (aitēma)noun, accusative, plural, neuter — “petitions”, the object formG155a petition, request.the petitionsἃhathatὅς (hos)relative pronoun, accusative, plural, neuter — “that”, the object formG3739who, which, what, that.This verse uses “that”.thatᾐτήκαμενētēkamenwe desiredαἰτέω (aiteō)verb, perfect active indicative, 1st person plural — “we desired”, a completed action with a present resultG154I ask, request, petition, demand.we desiredἀπ’apofἀπό (apo)preposition — “of”G575from, away from.ofαὐτοῦautouhimαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “him”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.him

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

ἂνanmaybeἄνconditional particle — “maybe”G302an untranslatable word (under the circumstances, in that case, anyhow), the general effect of which is to make a statement contingent, which would otherwise be definite: it is thus regularly used with the subjunctive mood.παρ᾽parofπαρά (para)preposition — “of”G3844gen: from; dat: beside, in the presence of; acc: alongside of.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

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.

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

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.

World English Bible

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.

Darby Translation

And if we know that he hears us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions which we have asked of him.

Douay-Rheims

And we know that he heareth us whatsoever we ask: we know that we have the petitions which we request of him.

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