Book of Common Prayer

I Wrote These Things That You May Know You Have Eternal Life

¹³ I wrote these^[a] things to you, the ones believing in the name of the Son of God, in order that you may know that you have eternal life.

And This We Know With Confidence:

¹⁴ And this is the confidence which we have before Him:

That God Hears Our Prayers

... that if we request anything according to His will, He hears us. ¹⁵ And if we know that He hears us— whatever we request— we know that we have the requests which we have requested from Him.

But I Am Not Implying You Should Pray About a Sin Leading To Death

¹⁶ If anyone sees his brother sinning a sin not leading to death, he shall request, and He will give him life— for the ones sinning a sin not leading to death. There is a sin leading to death^[b]. I am not saying that he should pray about that. ¹⁷ All unrighteousness is sin, and there is sin not leading to death.

That God’s Children Are Not Sinning, And Are Protected From Satan

¹⁸ We know that everyone having been born^[c] from God is not sinning^[d]. But the One^[e] having been fathered from God is keeping^[f] him. And the evil one is not touching^[g] him.

That We Are Born From God

¹⁹ We know that we are from God, and the whole world lies in^[h] the evil one.

That We Know The True God And Have Eternal Life In Him

²⁰ And we know that the Son of God has come, and has given us understanding in order that we might know the true^[i] One. And we are in^[j] the true One, in His Son Jesus Christ. This One^[k] is the true God and eternal life. ²¹ Little-children, guard yourselves from idols!

At The Passover, Everyone Was Looking For Jesus

⁵⁵ Now the Passover [Feast] of the Jews was near. And many went up to Jerusalem from the country^[a] before the Passover [Feast], in order that they might purify themselves. ⁵⁶ So they were seeking Jesus, and saying, standing with one another in the temple, “What seems right to you— that He will by no means come to the Feast?” ⁵⁷ And the chief priests and the Pharisees had given commands that if anyone came-to-know where He was, he should disclose it— so that they might seize Him.

In Bethany At a Dinner For Jesus And Lazarus, Mary Anoints Jesus

12 Therefore Jesus, six days before the Passover [Feast], came to Bethany where Lazarus was, the one whom Jesus raised from the dead. ² So they made a dinner for Him there. And Martha was serving. And Lazarus was one of the ones reclining-back [to eat] with Him. ³ Then Mary, having taken a pound of very-valuable genuine^[b] nard perfume, anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped His feet with her hair. And the house was filled from the aroma of the perfume. ⁴ But Judas the Iscariot— one of His disciples, the one going to hand Him over— says, ⁵ “For what reason was this perfume not sold for three-hundred denarii^[c] and given to poor ones?” ⁶ Now he said this, not because he was concerned about the poor, but because he was a thief. And having the money-box, he was carrying^[d] the things being put there. ⁷ So Jesus said, “Leave her alone. It was^[e] in order that she might keep it for the day of My preparation-for-burial. ⁸ For you always have the poor with you, but you do not always have Me”.