1 John 3:22

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

and whatsoever {G1437} we ask we receive of him, because we keep his commandments and do the things that are pleasing in his sight.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ ὃ ἐὰν αἰτῶμεν, λαμβάνομεν παρʼ αὐτοῦ, ὅτι τὰς ἐντολὰς αὐτοῦ τηροῦμεν, καὶ τὰ ἀρεστὰ ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ ποιοῦμεν.

Transliteration

And whatever we aitōmen, we lambanomen from him, because the entolas of him we tēroumen, and the things aresta enōpion of him we poioumen.

Grammar Details

• *aitōmen*: present active subjunctive, 1st plural - we might ask
• *lambanomen*: present active, 1st plural - we receive
• *entolas*: accusative, feminine, plural - commandments
• *tēroumen*: present active, 1st plural - we keep
• *aresta*: accusative, neuter, plural - pleasing things
• *enōpion*: preposition - before/in the sight of
• *poioumen*: present active, 1st plural - we do

Word Meanings

• *aitōmen*: we might ask/request/demand
• *lambanomen*: we receive/obtain/take
• *entolas*: commandments/precepts/instructions
• *tēroumen*: we keep/observe/guard
• *aresta*: pleasing things/acceptable things
• *enōpion*: before/in the sight of/in the presence of
• *poioumen*: we do/practice/perform

Referenced Verses

• Mark 11:24 : 24 Therefore I say unto you, All things whatsoever {G302} ye pray and ask for, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.
• Matt 21:22 : 22 And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.
• John 9:31 : 31 We know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God, and do his will, him he heareth.
• John 15:7 : 7 If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatsoever {G1437} ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
• 1 John 5:14 : 14 And this is the boldness which we have toward him, that, if we ask anything according to his will, he heareth us:
• Jas 5:16 : 16 Confess therefore your sins one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The {G1754} supplication of a righteous man availeth much in its working.
• John 16:23-24 : 23 And in that day ye shall ask {G3756} me no question. Verily, verily, I say unto you, if ye shall ask anything of the Father, he will give it you in my name. 24 Hitherto {G737} have ye asked {G3756} nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be made full.
• John 14:13 : 13 And {G5100} whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
• John 8:29 : 29 And he that sent me is with me; he hath not left me alone; for I do always the things that are pleasing to him.
• Luke 11:9-9 : 9 And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you. 10 For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. 11 And of which of you that is a father shall his son ask a loaf, and he give him a stone? or {G1487} a fish, and he for a fish give him a serpent? 12 Or {G2532} [if] he shall ask an egg, will he give him a scorpion? 13 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall [your] heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?
• Matt 7:7-8 : 7 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: 8 for every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
• Matt 7:24-25 : 24 Every one therefore that heareth these words of mine, and doeth them, shall be likened unto a wise man, who built his house upon the rock: 25 and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and if fell not: for it was founded upon the rock.
• John 6:29 : 29 Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.
• Prov 15:29 : 29 Jehovah is far from the wicked; But he heareth the prayer of the righteous.
• Isa 55:6-7 : 6 Seek ye Jehovah while he may be found; call ye upon him while he is near: 7 let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; and let him return unto Jehovah, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
• Jer 29:12-13 : 12 And ye shall call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you. 13 And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.
• Prov 28:9 : 9 He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, Even his prayer is an abomination.
• Isa 1:15 : 15 And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you; yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.
• Ps 34:4 : 4 I sought Jehovah, and he answered me, And delivered me from all my fears.
• Ps 34:15-17 : 15 The eyes of Jehovah are toward the righteous, And his ears are [open] unto their cry. 16 The face of Jehovah is against them that do evil, To cut off the remembrance of them from the earth. 17 [ The righteous] cried, and Jehovah heard, And delivered them out of all their troubles.
• Ps 50:15 : 15 And call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
• Ps 66:18-19 : 18 If I regard iniquity in my heart, The Lord will not hear: 19 But verily God hath heard; He hath attended to the voice of my prayer.
• Ps 145:18-19 : 18 Jehovah is nigh unto all them that call upon him, To all that call upon him in truth. 19 He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him; He also will hear their cry and will save them.
• Col 1:10 : 10 {G4043} {G5209} to walk worthily of the Lord unto all pleasing, bearing fruit in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;
• Jas 1:5 : 5 But if any of you lacketh wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all liberally and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.