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J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible

1 John 3:22

And, whatsoever we are asking, we are receiving from him, because, his commandments, are we keeping, and, the things that are pleasing before him, are we doing.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Assurance;   Commandments;   Obedience;   Prayer;   Righteous;   Righteousness;   Thompson Chain Reference - Answer Promised;   Blessings;   Divine;   Favour, Divine;   Favour-Disfavour;   God;   Obedience;   Obedience-Disobedience;   Pleasing God;   Prayer;   Promises, Divine;   Sight, in God's;   The Topic Concordance - Giving and Gifts;   Holy Spirit;   Jesus Christ;   Obedience;   Receiving;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Assurance;   Law of God, the;   Prayer, Answers to;   Self-Examination;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Prayer;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Command, Commandment;   Delight;   Sin Unto Death;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Union to Christ;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Achsah;   John, the Epistles of;   Prayer;   Holman Bible Dictionary - John, the Letters of;   Prayer;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - John, Epistles of;   Prayer;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Acceptance;   Assurance (2);   Boldness;   Commandment;   Discipline;   John Epistles of;   Liberty;   Prayer;   Sanctify, Sanctification;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - 20 To Ask, Request;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Ask;   John, the Epistles of;   Prayer;  

Devotionals:

- Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for June 29;  

Parallel Translations

English Standard Version
and whatever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do what pleases him.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And whatsoeuer we aske we receiue of him, because we keepe his commaundements, and do those things which are pleasing in his sight.
Christian Standard Bible®
and receive whatever we ask from him because we keep his commands and do what is pleasing in his sight.
Hebrew Names Version
and whatever we ask, we receive from him, because we keep his mitzvot and do the things that are pleasing in his sight.
Darby Translation
and whatsoever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments, and practise the things which are pleasing in his sight.
Easy-to-Read Version
And God gives us what we ask for. We receive it because we obey God's commands and do what pleases him.
Amplified Bible
and we receive from Him whatever we ask because we [carefully and consistently] keep His commandments and do the things that are pleasing in His sight [habitually seeking to follow His plan for us].
American Standard Version
and whatsoever we ask we receive of him, because we keep his commandments and do the things that are pleasing in his sight.
Berean Standard Bible
and we will receive from Him whatever we ask, because we keep His commandments and do what is pleasing in His sight.
Contemporary English Version
He will give us whatever we ask, because we obey him and do what pleases him.
Complete Jewish Bible
then, whatever we ask for, we receive from him; because we are obeying his commands and doing the things that please him.
International Standard Version
Whatever we request we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do what pleases him.Psalm 34:15; 145:18-19; Proverbs 15:20; Jeremiah 29:12; Matthew 7:8; 21:22; Mark 11:24; John 8:29; 9:31; 14:13; 15:7; 16:23-24; James 5:16; 1 John 5:14;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
22 And whatever we ask, we shall receive from him, because we keep his commandments, and do the things which are beautiful [fn] before him.
Murdock Translation
And whatever we ask, we receive from him; because we keep his commandments, and do acceptable things before him.
King James Version (1611)
And whatsoeuer we aske, wee receiue of him, because we keepe his commandement, and doe those things that are pleasing in his sight.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And whatsoeuer we aske, we receaue of hym, because we kepe his commaundementes, and do those thynges which are pleasyng in his syght.
English Revised Version
and whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do the things that are pleasing in his sight.
King James Version
And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.
Lexham English Bible
and whatever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do what is pleasing in his sight.
Literal Translation
And whatever we ask, we receive from Him, because we keep His commandments, and we do the things pleasing before Him.
New American Standard Bible
and whatever we ask, we receive from Him, because we keep His commandments and do the things that are pleasing in His sight.
New Century Version
And God gives us what we ask for because we obey God's commands and do what pleases him.
New English Translation
and whatever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do the things that are pleasing to him.
New King James Version
And whatever we ask we receive from Him, because we keep His commandments and do those things that are pleasing in His sight.
New Living Translation
And we will receive from him whatever we ask because we obey him and do the things that please him.
New Revised Standard
and we receive from him whatever we ask, because we obey his commandments and do what pleases him.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And whatsoever we shall ask, we shall receive of him: because we keep his commandments and do those things which are pleasing in his sight.
George Lamsa Translation
And whatever we ask, we receive from him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing to him.
Good News Translation
We receive from him whatever we ask, because we obey his commands and do what pleases him.
World English Bible
and whatever we ask, we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do the things that are pleasing in his sight.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.
Weymouth's New Testament
and whatever we ask for we obtain from Him, because we obey His commands and do the things which are pleasing in His sight.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and what euer we schulen axe, we schulen resseyue of hym, for we kepen hise comaundementis, and we don tho thingis that ben plesaunt bifor hym.
Webster's Bible Translation
And whatever we ask, we receive from him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.
Revised Standard Version
and we receive from him whatever we ask, because we keep his commandments and do what pleases him.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
and what soever we axe we shall receave of him: be cause we kepe his commaundementes and do those thinges which are pleasinge in his sight.
Update Bible Version
and whatever we ask we receive of him, because we keep his commandments and do the things that are pleasing in his sight.
Young's Literal Translation
and whatever we may ask, we receive from Him, because His commands we keep, and the things pleasing before Him we do,
Bible in Basic English
And he gives us all our requests, because we keep his laws and do the things which are pleasing in his eyes.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And what so euer we axe, we shal receaue it: because we kepe his comaundemetes, and do those thinges, which are pleasaunt in his sighte.
Mace New Testament (1729)
whatever we ask, we shall receive it of him, because we keep his commandments, and do what is agreeable to him.
New Life Bible
We will receive from Him whatever we ask if we obey Him and do what He wants.
Simplified Cowboy Version
Our prayers will be answered because we ride the way he says to ride and we do things he likes.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
and whatever we ask we receive from Him, because we keep His commandments and do the things that are pleasing in His sight.

Contextual Overview

20 Because, if our own heart condemn us, greater, is God, than our heart, and perceiveth all things. 21 Beloved! if our heart be not condemning us, boldness, have we, towards God; 22 And, whatsoever we are asking, we are receiving from him, because, his commandments, are we keeping, and, the things that are pleasing before him, are we doing.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

whatsoever: 1 John 5:14, Psalms 10:17, Psalms 34:4, Psalms 34:15-17, Psalms 50:15, Psalms 66:18, Psalms 66:19, Psalms 145:18, Psalms 145:19, Proverbs 15:29, Proverbs 28:9, Isaiah 1:15, Isaiah 55:6, Isaiah 55:7, Jeremiah 29:12, Jeremiah 29:13, Jeremiah 33:3, Matthew 7:7, Matthew 7:8, Matthew 21:22, Mark 11:24, Luke 11:9-13, John 9:31, John 14:13, John 15:7, John 16:23, John 16:24, James 1:5, James 5:16

because: 1 John 3:23, 1 John 3:24, Matthew 7:24, Matthew 7:25, Matthew 17:5, John 15:10, Acts 17:30, Acts 20:21

do: John 6:29, John 8:29, John 9:31, Philippians 4:18, Colossians 1:10, Hebrews 13:21

Reciprocal: Leviticus 19:37 - General 2 Kings 20:3 - in truth Psalms 78:7 - keep Psalms 99:7 - kept Proverbs 16:7 - please Proverbs 19:16 - keepeth the Isaiah 38:3 - I have Isaiah 58:9 - shalt thou Ezekiel 18:11 - that Matthew 18:19 - That if Mark 3:35 - do Luke 8:21 - which Romans 8:8 - please Romans 8:27 - according 1 Corinthians 7:19 - but Philippians 4:9 - do 1 Thessalonians 4:1 - to please Hebrews 10:22 - in full Hebrews 11:5 - that he James 4:3 - and 1 John 2:3 - if we 1 John 5:2 - General

Cross-References

Genesis 1:26
And God said - Let us make man in our image after our likeness - and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the bird of the heavens and over the tame-beast - and over all the land, and over every creeping thing, that creepeth on the land.
Genesis 2:9
And Yahweh God, caused to spring up, out of the ground, every tree pleasant to the sight and good for food, - and the tree of life, in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
Genesis 3:5
For God doth know, that in the day ye eat thereof, then shall your eyes be opened, - and ye shall become like God, knowing good and evil.
Genesis 3:6
And, when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was desirable to the eyes and the tree was pleasant to make one knowing, then took she of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and she gave to her husband also, along with her, and he did eat.
Genesis 3:7
Then were opened the eyes of them both, and they knew that, naked, they were, - so they tacked together fig-leaves, and made for themselves girdles,
Genesis 3:12
And the man said, - The woman whom thou didst put with me, she, gave me of the tree, so I did eat.
Genesis 3:13
Then said Yahweh God to the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, the serpent, deceived me, so I did eat.
Psalms 22:26
The patient wronged-ones shall eat and be satisfied, They shall praise Yahweh, who are seekers of him, Let your heart live for aye.
Proverbs 3:18
A tree of life, is she, to them who secure her, - and, they who hold her fast, are every one to be pronounced happy.
Jeremiah 22:23
O inhabitress of Lebanon that makest thy nest in the cedars, - How hast thou bemoaned thyself Now that pangs have overtaken thee, Anguish, as of her that giveth birth.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And whatsoever we ask we receive of him,.... According to his promise, Matthew 7:7; that is, whatever is asked according to the will of God, in the name of Christ, and for his sake, and in faith, nothing wavering, but believing in God, in his covenant and promises, for these are provisos in the case; and such as ask in this way may exercise an holy confidence that they shall receive; and indeed they do receive what they ask for; see 1 John 5:14;

because we keep his commandments; not that keeping the commands of God is the meritorious cause of receiving anything from him; for when men have done all they can, or are assisted to do, they are but unprofitable servants in point of merit: whatever is received from God, as it is in consequence of asking, so it is entirely owing to his own grace and favour, and for the sake of Christ; but keeping the commands of God is a necessary adjunct, or, as Calvin on the text calls it, an inseparable accident, or what necessarily belongs unto, and enters into the character of such, who are heard and answered by God, and receive at his hands; for there is a great deal of truth in what the Jews say to the blind man, John 9:31; and which may serve as a comment on these words:

and do those things that are pleasing in his sight; as keeping of his commandments is; not that these things ingratiate into the love and favour of God, or are the causes and conditions of it, for the love of God is prior to anything of this kind; nor are they the causes of men's acceptance with God, for the acceptance both of persons and services is only in Christ the beloved; but these things are what God approves of, when done in faith, from a principle of love, and with a view to his glory: and since he hears such persons that are worshippers of him, and do his will, and has promised good things to them; this is therefore a reason strengthening their confidence in him, that what they ask they shall receive.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him - If we are truly his children, and ask in a proper manner. See the notes at Matthew 7:7. Compare Mark 11:24; Luke 11:9; Luke 18:1 ff; John 14:13; Joh 15:7; 1 John 5:14. The declaration here made must be understood with these limitations:

(1)That we ask in a proper manner, James 4:3; and,

(2)That the thing asked shall be such as will be consistent for God to give; that is, such as he shall see to be best for us, 1 John 5:14. See the notes at this latter passage.

Because we keep his commandments - Not that this is the meritorious ground of our being heard, but that it furnishes evidence that we are his children, and he hears his children as such.

And do those things that are pleasing in his sight - As a parent is disposed to bestow favors on obedient, affectionate, and dutiful children, so God is on those who please him by their obedience and submission to his will. We can have no hope that he will hear us unless we do so live as to please him.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 22. Whatsoever we ask — In such a spirit, we receive of him, for he delights to bless the humble, upright, and sincere soul.

Because we keep his commandments — Viz., by loving him and loving our neighbour. These are the great commandments both of the old covenant and the new. And whoever is filled with this love to God and man will do those things which are pleasing to him; for love is the very soul and principle of obedience.

The word heart is used in the preceding verses for conscience; and so the Greek fathers interpret it, particularly Origen, Nicephorus, and OEcumenius; but this is not an unfrequent meaning of the word in the sacred writings.


 
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