1 Yohanes 2:13

2:13 I am writing to you, fathers, that ¹  you have known him who has been from the beginning. I am writing to you, young people, that ²  you have conquered the evil one. ³ 

1 Yohanes 3:22

3:22 and ⁴  whatever we ask we receive from him, because ⁵  we keep his commandments and do the things that are pleasing to him.

[2:13]  ¹ tn See the note on “that” in v. 12.

[2:13]  ² tn See the note on “that” in v. 12.

[2:13]  ³ sn The phrase the evil one is used in John 17:15 as a reference to Satan. Satan is also the referent here and in the four other occurrences in 1 John (2:14; 3:12; 5:18, 19).

[3:22]  ⁴ tn The conjunction καί (kai) which begins 3:22 is epexegetical (explanatory), relating a further implication of the “confidence” (παρρησίαν, parrhsian) which believers have before God when their heart (conscience) does not condemn them. They can ask things of God with the expectation of receiving their requests.

[3:22]  ⁵ tn The ὅτι (Joti) is clearly causal, giving the reason why believers receive what they ask.