1Jn 5:15. Ἐὰν οἴδαμεν) if we know. Ἐὰν sometimes takes an indicative, of past time; and it does so here to give strength.-ἔχομεν, we have) even before the event itself (comp. 1Sa 1:17-18); and we know that the event itself is not from chance, but obtained by prayers.