Bible Strands
John 15:7
If you remain in Me and My words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Jesus addresses his disciples during the upper-room discourse, immediately after warning that severed branches are burned (v. 6) and before declaring the Father's glory is the goal of fruit-bearing (v. 8).
The words — μείνητε (meinēte), aorist subjunctive of μένω, carries the sense of "continue to remain" rather than a one-time decision. ῥήματα (rhēmata) is glossed here as "declarations," pointing to authoritative spoken word rather than generic speech.
The thread — 1 John 5:14 narrows the scope to "anything according to His will," and John 14:13 adds the qualifier "in My name," while Psalm 37:4 frames the desire itself as delight in the Lord. The tension between "whatever you wish" (15:7) and "according to His will" (1 John 5:14) is resolved by the condition already stated: abiding in Him and His words remaining in you.
Why it lands — The promise is not a blank check; it is bound to a prior state of indwelling, so the verse asks the reader to examine whether the condition is met before testing the promise.
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The Greek words
King James Version
If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
Cross-references
- Psalms 37:4 Delight yourself in the LORD, and He will give you the desires of your heart.
- 1 John 5:14 And this is the confidence that we have before Him: If we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.
- John 14:13 And I will do whatever you ask in My name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
- 1 John 3:22 and we will receive from Him whatever we ask, because we keep His commandments and do what is pleasing in His sight.
- John 15:16 You did not choose Me, but I chose you. And I appointed you to go and bear fruit—fruit that will remain—so that whatever you ask the Father in My name, He will give you.
- Matthew 7:7 Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.
- John 16:23 In that day you will no longer ask Me anything. Truly, truly, I tell you, whatever you ask the Father in My name, He will give you.
- Galatians 5:16 So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.
- 1 John 2:27 And as for you, the anointing you received from Him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you. But just as His true and genuine anointing teaches you about all things, so remain in Him as you have been taught.
- Proverbs 10:24 What the wicked man dreads will overtake him, but the desire of the righteous will be granted.