¹⁵ And if we know that He hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we have asked of Him.

Keep Asking, Seeking, Knocking^(A)

^9 (B)“So I say to you, ask, and it will be given to you; ^(C)seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. ¹⁰ For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.

²⁴ Therefore I say to you, ^(A)whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have them.

Knowing the True—Rejecting the False

¹⁸ We know that ^(A)whoever is born of God does not sin; but he who has been born of God ^(B)keeps^{[a] [b]}himself, and the wicked one does not touch him.

¹⁹ We know that we are of God, and ^(C)the whole world lies under the sway of the wicked one.

²⁰ And we know that the ^(D)Son of God has come and ^(E)has given us an understanding, ^(F)that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. ^(G)This is the true God ^(H)and eternal life.