22and receive from him anything we ask, because we obey his commands and do what pleases him.


In Context

19 This then is how we know that we belong to the truth, and how we set our hearts at rest in his presence

20 whenever our hearts condemn us. For God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything.

21 Dear friends, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God

22 and receive from him anything we ask, because we obey his commands and do what pleases him.

23 And this is his command: to believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and to love one another as he commanded us.

24 Those who obey his commands live in him, and he in them. And this is how we know that he lives in us: We know it by the Spirit he gave us.

1st John 3:22 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:22And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

3:22And whatsoever we shall ask, we shall receive of him: because we keep his commandments, and do those things which are pleasing in his sight.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

3:22and whatsoever we ask we receive of him, because we keep his commandments and do the things that are pleasing in his sight.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:22and whatsoever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments, and practise the things which are pleasing in his sight.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

3:22and whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do the things that are pleasing in his sight.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:22And whatever we ask, we receive from him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:22and whatever we ask, we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do the things that are pleasing in his sight.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

3:22and whatever we may ask, we receive from Him, because His commands we keep, and the things pleasing before Him we do,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:22And whatever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.