Until now you have not asked for anything in My name. Ask and you will receive, so that your joy may be complete.
Parallel translations
- WEB Until now, you have asked nothing in my name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be made full.
- KJV Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.
- NKJV Until now you have asked nothing in My name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full.
- NASB Until now you have asked for nothing in My name; ask and you will receive, so that your joy may be made full.
- NLT You haven’t done this before. Ask, using my name, and you will receive, and you will have abundant joy.
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Quick answer
Until now they have not asked in Jesus' name; He invites them to ask and receive so their joy may be full. Prayer in Christ's name leads to fullness of joy.
Overview
Jesus introduces a new dimension of prayer: asking the Father in His name, something not yet practiced. He urges the disciples to ask and receive, with the goal that their joy be complete. This connects answered prayer to the full joy promised throughout the discourse, all flowing from the believer's relationship with the Father through the Son.
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- Matt 7:7–8Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.
- Jas 4:2–3You crave what you do not have; you kill and covet, but are unable to obtain it. You quarrel and fight. You do not have, because you do not ask.
- John 15:11I have told you these things so that My joy may be in you and your joy may be complete.
- John 16:23In that day you will no longer ask Me anything. Truly, truly, I tell you, whatever you ask the Father in My name, He will give you.
- 2 Th 2:16–17Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself and God our Father, who by grace has loved us and given us eternal comfort and good hope,
- 1 Jn 1:3–4We proclaim to you what we have seen and heard, so that you also may have fellowship with us. And this fellowship of ours is with the Father and with His Son, Jesus Christ.
- Eph 1:16–17I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers,
- 2 Jn 1:12I have many things to write to you, but I would prefer not to do so with paper and ink. Instead, I hope to come and speak with you face to face, so that our joy may be complete.
- Matt 6:9So then, this is how you should pray: ‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be Your name.
- 2 Th 1:2Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
- 1 Kgs 18:36At the time of the evening sacrifice, Elijah the prophet approached the altar and said, “O LORD, God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, let it be known this day that You are God in Israel and that I am Your servant and have done all these things at Your command.
- Gen 32:9Then Jacob declared, “O God of my father Abraham, God of my father Isaac, the LORD who told me, ‘Go back to your country and to your kindred, and I will make you prosper,’
- John 3:29The bride belongs to the bridegroom. The friend of the bridegroom stands and listens for him, and is overjoyed to hear the bridegroom’s voice. That joy is mine, and it is now complete.
- 2 Kgs 19:15And Hezekiah prayed before the LORD: “O LORD, God of Israel, enthroned between the cherubim, You alone are God over all the kingdoms of the earth. You made the heavens and the earth.
- 1 Th 3:11–13Now may our God and Father Himself, and our Lord Jesus, direct our way to you.
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