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1Jn_5:15. καὶ ἐὰν οἴδαμεν . By the indicative after ἐάν (see on this, Winer, p. 264; VII. p. 277; Al. Buttmann, p. 191 ff.) this knowledge is emphasized as something undoubtedly belonging to the believer; differently 1Jn_5:16 : ἐάν τις ἴδῃ .
ὅτι ἀκούει ἡμῶν , ὅ ἐὰν ( ἂν ) αἰτώμεθα ] Resumption of what was previously stated.
οἴδαμεν , ὅτι κ . τ . λ .] In the certainty that God hears us lies also the certainty: ὅτι ἔχομεν τὰ αἰτήματα ἃ ᾐτήκαμεν ἀπ ̓ ( παρ ̓ αὐτοῦ .
ἔχομεν is neither = λαμβάνομεν , nor is the present put for the future (Grotius); the present is rather to be kept in its proper meaning; the believer always has that for which he has asked God ( κατὰ τὸ θέλημα αὐτοῦ ); he has God, and in Him all things.
τὰ αἰτήματα are the res petitae (Lorinus).
ἀπ ̓ αὐτοῦ from its position is not to be connected with ἔχομεν , but with ᾐτήκαμεν ; comp. Mat_20:20; Act_3:2; differently chap. 1Jn_3:22 : λαμβάνομεν ἀπ ̓ αὐτοῦ .