John 15:7
What does John 15:7 mean?
A plain-English look at John 15:7 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
What John 15:7 means
Abiding in Christ extends to His words abiding in believers, resulting in powerful and effective prayer. If His words shape their desires and guide their understanding, their requests will align with His will, and they will be granted. This promise of answered prayer is not a blank check for selfish desires but rather a profound assurance that a life deeply rooted in Christ and saturated with His truth will experience God's active response to prayer.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatsoever ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
KJV
King James Version · 1611If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatsoever ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949If you are in me at all times, and my words are in you, then anything for which you make a request will be done for you.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862if ye may remain in me, and my sayings in you may remain, whatever ye may wish ye shall ask, and it shall be done to you.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752If you abide in me and my words abide in you, you shall ask whatever you will: and it shall be done unto you.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will and it shall come to pass to you.
Context
Following the warning about the fate of unfruitful branches, this verse pivots to the profound blessings of abiding. Specifically, it connects abiding with the power of prayer, showing a direct outcome of a deep spiritual union. It sets up the idea that true fruitfulness (introduced in verse 8) is intimately linked to this kind of dynamic relationship with Christ's words.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 119:11
Thy word have I laid up in my heart, That I might not sin against thee.
- Psalms 37:4
Delight thyself also in Jehovah; And he will give thee the desires of thy heart.
- 1 John 5:14
And this is the boldness which we have toward him, that, if we ask anything according to his will, he heareth us:
- 1 John 2:27
And as for you, the anointing which ye received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any one teach you; but as his anointing teacheth you concerning all things, and is true, and is no lie, and even as it taught you, ye abide in him.
- Proverbs 4:4
And he taught me, and said unto me: Let thy heart retain my words; Keep my commandments, and live;
- Deuteronomy 6:6
And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be upon thy heart;
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