KJV: And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.
YLT: 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.
Darby: And if we know that he hears us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions which we have asked of him.
ASV: and if we know that he heareth us whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions which we have asked of him.
οἴδαμεν | we know |
Parse: Verb, Perfect Indicative Active, 1st Person Plural Root: οἶδα Sense: to see. |
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ὅτι | that |
Parse: Conjunction Root: ὅτι Sense: that, because, since. |
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ἀκούει | He hears |
Parse: Verb, Present Indicative Active, 3rd Person Singular Root: ἀκουστός Sense: to be endowed with the faculty of hearing, not deaf. |
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ἡμῶν | us |
Parse: Personal / Possessive Pronoun, Genitive 1st Person Plural Root: ἐγώ Sense: I, me, my. |
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ὃ | whatever |
Parse: Personal / Relative Pronoun, Accusative Neuter Singular Root: ὅς Sense: who, which, what, that. |
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αἰτώμεθα | we might ask |
Parse: Verb, Present Subjunctive Middle, 1st Person Plural Root: αἰτέω Sense: to ask, beg, call for, crave, desire, require. |
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ἔχομεν | we have |
Parse: Verb, Present Indicative Active, 1st Person Plural Root: ἔχω Sense: to have, i.e. to hold. |
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αἰτήματα | requests |
Parse: Noun, Accusative Neuter Plural Root: αἴτημα Sense: petition, request, required. |
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ἃ | that |
Parse: Personal / Relative Pronoun, Accusative Neuter Plural Root: ὅς Sense: who, which, what, that. |
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ᾐτήκαμεν | we have asked |
Parse: Verb, Perfect Indicative Active, 1st Person Plural Root: αἰτέω Sense: to ask, beg, call for, crave, desire, require. |
Greek Commentary for 1 John 5:15
Condition of first class with εαν ean (usually ει ei) and the perfect active indicative, assumed as true. See 1 Thessalonians 3:8; Acts 8:31 for the indicative with εαν ean as in the papyri. “An amplification of the second limitation” (D. Smith). [source]
Indefinite relative clause with modal εαν ean (= αν an) and the present middle (as for ourselves) subjunctive of αιτεω aiteō This clause, like ημων hēmōn is also the object of ακουει akouei know that we have Repetition of οιδαμεν oidamen the confidence of possession by anticipation.The petitions (τα αιτηματα ta aitēmata). Old word, from αιτεω aiteō requests, here only in John, elsewhere in N.T. Luke 23:24; Philemon 4:6. We have the answer already as in Mark 11:24.We have asked Perfect active indicative of αιτεω aiteō the asking abiding. [source]
Old word, from αιτεω aiteō requests, here only in John, elsewhere in N.T. Luke 23:24; Philemon 4:6. We have the answer already as in Mark 11:24. [source]
Perfect active indicative of αιτεω aiteō the asking abiding. [source]
The whole phrase is governed by the verb hear. If we know that He heareth our every petition. [source]
Reverse Greek Commentary Search for 1 John 5:15
A condition of the first class, determined as fulfilled. The use of εαν ean rather than ει ei cuts no figure in the case (See note on Acts 8:31; note on 1 Thessalonians 3:8; and the note on 1 John 5:15). The kind of condition is determined by the mode which is here indicative. The future tense by its very nature does approximate the aorist subjunctive, but after all it is the indicative. [source]
See on John 14:2. Compare 1 John 2:24; 1 John 5:15. [source]
John's characteristic appeal to Christian knowledge. Compare 1 John 2:20, 1 John 2:21; 1 John 4:2, 1 John 4:14, 1 John 4:16; 1 John 5:15, 1 John 5:18; 3 John 1:12. [source]
As in 1 John 3:2, 1 John 3:14; 1 John 5:15, 1 John 5:19, 1 John 5:20. He has “ye know” in 1 John 2:20; 1 John 3:5, 1 John 3:15. [source]