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If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
John 15:7 · King James Version
Parallel translations
  • WEB If you remain in me, and my words remain in you, you will ask whatever you desire, and it will be done for you.
  • BSB If you remain in Me and My words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.
  • NKJV If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you.
  • NASB If you remain in Me, and My words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.
  • NLT But if you remain in me and my words remain in you, you may ask for anything you want, and it will be granted!

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Quick answer

If the disciples abide in Jesus and His words abide in them, they may ask what they desire and it will be done. Prayer shaped by union with Christ is powerfully answered.

Overview

Abiding in Christ and being saturated by His word reshape desires so that prayer aligns with God's will. This is not a blank check for selfish requests but a promise to those whose hearts are formed by Christ's teaching. As believers remain in Him, their petitions increasingly reflect His purposes, and God delights to grant them.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 22

  • Ps 37:4Delight thyself also in the LORD: and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.
  • 1 Jn 5:14And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us:
  • John 14:13And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
  • 1 Jn 3:22And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.
  • John 15:16Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.
  • Matt 7:7Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
  • John 16:23And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you.
  • Gal 5:16This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.
  • 1 Jn 2:27But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.
  • Jer 15:16Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O LORD God of hosts.
  • Prov 10:24The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but the desire of the righteous shall be granted.
  • Ps 119:11Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.
  • Isa 58:8Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of the LORD shall be thy rereward.
  • Deut 6:6And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart:
  • Col 3:16Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
  • 1 Jn 2:14I have written unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the wicked one.
  • Job 22:26For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto God.
  • Prov 4:4He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.
  • Job 23:12Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.
  • John 8:37I know that ye are Abraham’s seed; but ye seek to kill me, because my word hath no place in you.
  • 2 Jn 1:1–2The elder unto the elect lady and her children, whom I love in the truth; and not I only, but also all they that have known the truth;
  • Gal 4:2But is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father.

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Christ at the center

John declares him plainly: the eternal Word made flesh, the Lamb of God, the great 'I AM' — bread, light, door, shepherd, way, truth, life, resurrection — that you may believe and have life in his name.

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