The First Epistle General of John
Chapter 5:14-17
Geneva Bible Translation Ed. 1599
14 And this is that assurance that we have in him, that if we ask anything according to his will, he heareth us. (a) (c)
15 And if we know that he heareth us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions, that we have desired of him.
16 If any man see his brother sin a sin that is not unto death, let him ask, and he shall give him life for them that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death, I say not that thou shouldest pray for it. (b)
17 All unrighteousness is sin, but there is a sin not unto death
(a) 1 John 3:22
(b) Matthew 12:31; Mark 3:29
(c) A privilege belonging to faith in Christ, namely, audience in prayer: This is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us, 1 John 5:14. The Lord Christ emboldens us to come to God in all circumstances, with all our supplications and requests. Through him our petitions are admitted and accepted of God. The matter of our prayer must be agreeable to the declared will of God. It is not fit that we should ask what is contrary either to his majesty and glory or to our own good, who are his and dependent on him. And then we may have confidence that the prayer of faith shall be heard in heaven. The advantage accruing to us by such privilege: If we know that he heareth us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him, 1 John 5:15. Great are the deliverances, mercies, and blessings, which the holy petitioner needs. To know that his petitions are heard or accepted is as good as to know that they are answered; and therefore that he is so pitied, pardoned, or counselled, sanctified, assisted, and saved (or shall be so) as he is allowed to ask of God.
Source - Matthew Henry’s Bible Commentary
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