This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. And if we know that he hears.

14 And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us: 15 And if we know that he hear us, ...

14 This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.

This verse specifies that getting a positive answer to prayer is based on asking "according to his will."

15 And if we know that he hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests that we have asked of him.

This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. And if we know that he hears us—whatever we ask— ...

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

New International Version This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. Hear · 13 · Parallel Commentaries

14 Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. 15 And ...