1 JOHN 3:22 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.”
And whatever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do what pleases him — the request (aiteo) succeeds when obedience (tēreō entolē) and alignment (aresko) with God's will characterize the petitioner. Prayer's efficacy follows from ethical obedience. The causal connection reverses the world's logic.
Church Fathers on 1 John 3:22
“Beloved, if our heart think not ill of us, we have confidence towards God:” 1 John 3:21 — What means, “If our heart think not ill”? If it make true answer to us, that we love and that there is genuine love in us: not feigned but sincere; seeking a brother's salvation, expecting no emolument from a brother, but only his salvation— “we have confidence toward God: and whatsoever we ask, we shall receive of Him, because we keep His commandments.” 1 John 3:21-22 — Therefore, not…
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