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class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><a href="/niv/john/14.htm">New International Version</a> And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. <a href="/nlt/john/14.htm">New Living Translation</a> You can ask for anything in my name, and I will do it, so that the Son can bring glory to the Father. <a href="/esv/john/14.htm">English Standard Version</a> Whatever you ask in my name, this I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. <a href="/bsb/john/14.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> And I will do whatever you ask in My name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. <a href="/blb/john/14.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> And whatever you might ask in My name, this I will do, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. <a href="/kjv/john/14.htm">King James Bible</a> And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. <a href="/nkjv/john/14.htm">New King James Version</a> And whatever you ask in My name, that I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. <a href="/nasb_/john/14.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> And whatever you ask in My name, this I will do, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. <a href="/nasb/john/14.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220Whatever you ask in My name, that will I do, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. <a href="/nasb77/john/14.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “And whatever you ask in My name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. <a href="/lsb/john/14.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Whatever you ask in My name, this will I do, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. <a href="/amp/john/14.htm">Amplified Bible</a> And I will do whatever you ask in My name [as My representative], this I will do, so that the Father may be glorified and celebrated in the Son. <a href="/csb/john/14.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Whatever you ask in my name, I will do it so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. <a href="/hcsb/john/14.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Whatever you ask in My name, I will do it so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. <a href="/asv/john/14.htm">American Standard Version</a> And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. <a href="/cev/john/14.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Ask me, and I will do whatever you ask. This way the Son will bring honor to the Father. <a href="/erv/john/14.htm">English Revised Version</a> And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. <a href="/gwt/john/14.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> I will do anything you ask [the Father] in my name so that the Father will be given glory because of the Son. <a href="/gnt/john/14.htm">Good News Translation</a> And I will do whatever you ask for in my name, so that the Father's glory will be shown through the Son. <a href="/isv/john/14.htm">International Standard Version</a> I'll do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. <a href="/msb/john/14.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> And I will do whatever you ask in My name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. <a href="/net/john/14.htm">NET Bible</a> And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. <a href="/nheb/john/14.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> And whatever you ask in my name, this I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. <a href="/wbt/john/14.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> And whatever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. <a href="/wey/john/14.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> And whatever any of you ask in my name, I will do, in order that the Father may be glorified in the Son. <a href="/web/john/14.htm">World English Bible</a> Whatever you will ask in my name, I will do it, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/john/14.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> and whatever you may ask in My Name, I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son; <a href="/blb/john/14.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> And whatever you might ask in My name, this I will do, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. <a href="/ylt/john/14.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> and whatever ye may ask in my name, I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son; <a href="/slt/john/14.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And whatever ye ask in my name, this will I do, that the Father might be honoured by the Son.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/john/14.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Because I go to the Father: and whatsoever you shall ask the Father in my name, that will I do: that the Father may be glorified in the Son. <a href="/cpdv/john/14.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And whatever you shall ask the Father in my name, that I will do, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. <a href="/nabre/john/14.htm">New American Bible</a> And whatever you ask in my name, I will do, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. <a href="/nrsvce/john/14.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/john/14.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And whatever you ask in my name, I will do it for you, so that the Father may be glorified through his Son. <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/john/14.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> “And anything that you will ask in my name I shall do for you, that The Father may be glorified in his Son.”<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/john/14.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> and whatever you ask in my name, I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. <a href="/godbey/john/14.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> <FR>and whatsoever you may ask in my name, I will do it, in order that the rather may be glorified in the Son.<Fr> <a href="/haweis/john/14.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. <a href="/mace/john/14.htm">Mace New Testament</a> and if in my name ye shall ask any thing of the father, whereby he may be glorified by the son, I will effect it. <a href="/wey/john/14.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> And whatever any of you ask in my name, I will do, in order that the Father may be glorified in the Son. <a href="/worrell/john/14.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> <FR>And whatsoever ye shall ask in My name, this will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.<Fr> <a href="/worsley/john/14.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> <FR>And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, I will do it: that the Father may be glorified in the Son.<Fr> <a href="/parallel/john/14-13.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ixy2bchmXZ0?start=5226" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/john/14.htm">The Way, the Truth, and the Life</a> …12Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever believes in Me will also do the works that I am doing. He will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father. 13<a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">And</a> <a href="/greek/3778.htm" title="3778: touto (DPro-ANS) -- This; he, she, it. "></a> <a href="/greek/4160.htm" title="4160: poiēsō (V-FIA-1S) -- (a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause. Apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary; to make or do.">I will do</a> <a href="/greek/3754.htm" title="3754: ho¦ti (Conj) -- Neuter of hostis as conjunction; demonstrative, that; causative, because.">whatever</a> <a href="/greek/302.htm" title="302: an (Prtcl) -- A primary particle, denoting a supposition, wish, possibility or uncertainty."></a> <a href="/greek/154.htm" title="154: aitēsēte (V-ASA-2P) -- To ask, request, petition, demand. Of uncertain derivation; to ask.">you ask</a> <a href="/greek/1722.htm" title="1722: en (Prep) -- In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; in, at, on, by, etc.">in</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tō (Art-DNS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/1473.htm" title="1473: mou (PPro-G1S) -- I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.">My</a> <a href="/greek/3686.htm" title="3686: onomati (N-DNS) -- Name, character, fame, reputation. From a presumed derivative of the base of ginosko; a name.">name,</a> <a href="/greek/2443.htm" title="2443: hina (Conj) -- In order that, so that. Probably from the same as the former part of heautou; in order that.">so that</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ho (Art-NMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/3962.htm" title="3962: Patēr (N-NMS) -- Father, (Heavenly) Father, ancestor, elder, senior. Apparently a primary word; a father.">Father</a> <a href="/greek/1392.htm" title="1392: doxasthē (V-ASP-3S) -- To glorify, honor, bestow glory on. From doxa; to render glorious.">may be glorified</a> <a href="/greek/1722.htm" title="1722: en (Prep) -- In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; in, at, on, by, etc.">in</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tō (Art-DMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/5207.htm" title="5207: Huiō (N-DMS) -- A son, descendent. Apparently a primary word; a son, used very widely of immediate, remote or figuratively, kinship.">Son.</a> 14If you ask Me for anything in My name, I will do it.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/john/15-16.htm">John 15:16</a> 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. <a href="/john/16-23.htm">John 16:23-24</a> 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. / Until now you have not asked for anything in My name. Ask and you will receive, so that your joy may be complete. <a href="/matthew/7-7.htm">Matthew 7:7-8</a> Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you. / For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened. <a href="/mark/11-24.htm">Mark 11:24</a> Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours. <a href="/1_john/5-14.htm">1 John 5:14-15</a> And this is the confidence that we have before Him: If we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. / And if we know that He hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we already possess what we have asked of Him. <a href="/james/1-5.htm">James 1:5-6</a> Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him. / But he must ask in faith, without doubting, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. <a href="/matthew/21-22.htm">Matthew 21:22</a> If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.” <a href="/luke/11-9.htm">Luke 11:9-10</a> So I tell you: Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you. / For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened. <a href="/ephesians/3-20.htm">Ephesians 3:20</a> Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us, <a href="/philippians/4-6.htm">Philippians 4:6</a> Be anxious for nothing, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. <a href="/1_john/3-22.htm">1 John 3:22</a> and we will receive from Him whatever we ask, because we keep His commandments and do what is pleasing in His sight. <a href="/jeremiah/33-3.htm">Jeremiah 33:3</a> Call to Me, and I will answer and show you great and unsearchable things you do not know. <a href="/psalms/50-15.htm">Psalm 50:15</a> Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor Me.” <a href="/isaiah/65-24.htm">Isaiah 65:24</a> Even before they call, I will answer, and while they are still speaking, I will hear. <a href="/2_chronicles/7-14.htm">2 Chronicles 7:14</a> and if My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>And whatever you shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.whatsoever.<a href="/john/15-7.htm">John 15:7,16</a> If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you… <a href="/john/16-23.htm">John 16:23,26</a> And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you… <a href="/matthew/7-7.htm">Matthew 7:7</a> Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:in my.<a href="/john/14-6.htm">John 14:6</a> Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.<a href="/ephesians/2-18.htm">Ephesians 2:18</a> For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father.<a href="/ephesians/3-12.htm">Ephesians 3:12,14,21</a> In whom we have boldness and access with confidence by the faith of him… will.<a href="/john/14-14.htm">John 14:14</a> If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.<a href="/john/4-10.htm">John 4:10,14</a> Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water… <a href="/john/5-19.htm">John 5:19</a> Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise.that.<a href="/john/12-44.htm">John 12:44</a> Jesus cried and said, He that believeth on me, believeth not on me, but on him that sent me.<a href="/john/13-31.htm">John 13:31</a> Therefore, when he was gone out, Jesus said, Now is the Son of man glorified, and God is glorified in him.<a href="/john/17-4.htm">John 17:4,5</a> I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do… <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/john/13-32.htm">Glorified</a> <a href="/john/13-32.htm">Glory</a> <a href="/john/13-19.htm">Order</a> <a href="/john/12-21.htm">Request</a> <a href="/john/12-50.htm">Whatever</a> <a href="/john/12-50.htm">Whatsoever</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/john/15-8.htm">Glorified</a> <a href="/john/15-8.htm">Glory</a> <a href="/john/14-31.htm">Order</a> <a href="/john/14-14.htm">Request</a> <a href="/john/14-26.htm">Whatever</a> <a href="/john/14-26.htm">Whatsoever</a><div class="vheading2">John 14</div>1. <a href="/john/14-1.htm">Jesus comforts his disciples with the hope of heaven;</a> 5. <a href="/john/14-5.htm">professes himself the way, the truth, and the life, and one with the Father;</a> 13. <a href="/john/14-13.htm">assures their prayers to be effectual;</a> 15. <a href="/john/14-15.htm">requires obedience;</a> 16. <a href="/john/14-16.htm">promises the Comforter;</a> 27. <a href="/john/14-27.htm">and leaves his peace with them.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/john/14.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/john/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/john/14.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>And I will do whatever you ask in My name This phrase emphasizes the power and authority of Jesus Christ. In biblical context, asking in Jesus' name implies aligning one's requests with His will and character. The name of Jesus is not a magical formula but represents His authority and mission. In the cultural context of the time, a name carried significant weight, often reflecting one's character and authority. This promise is connected to the broader biblical teaching on prayer, as seen in passages like <a href="/matthew/7-7.htm">Matthew 7:7-8 and 1</a> <a href="/john/5-14.htm">John 5:14-15</a>, which emphasize asking according to God's will. The phrase also highlights the intimate relationship between Jesus and His followers, as they are invited to participate in His mission through prayer.so that the Father may be glorified in the Son This part of the verse underscores the ultimate purpose of answered prayer: the glorification of God the Father through Jesus Christ. In the historical and cultural context, glory was often associated with honor and reputation. The glorification of the Father through the Son reflects the unity and purpose within the Trinity. This theme is consistent throughout the Gospel of John, where Jesus frequently speaks of His works and words as being for the Father's glory (<a href="/john/17.htm">John 17:1-5</a>). Theologically, this phrase points to the fulfillment of God's redemptive plan through Jesus, as seen in <a href="/philippians/2-9.htm">Philippians 2:9-11</a>, where every knee will bow to Jesus, bringing glory to God the Father. The glorification of the Father through the Son also connects to the prophetic and typological roles of Jesus as the ultimate revelation of God's character and purpose.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/j/jesus_christ.htm">Jesus Christ</a> The speaker of this verse, Jesus is addressing His disciples during the Last Supper, providing them with comfort and instruction before His crucifixion. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_disciples.htm">The Disciples</a> The immediate audience of Jesus' teaching, representing all believers who follow Christ's teachings. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_father.htm">The Father</a> God the Father, whose glory is the ultimate purpose of Jesus' works and the believers' prayers. 4. <a href="/topical/t/the_last_supper.htm">The Last Supper</a> The setting of this discourse, a significant event where Jesus shares His final teachings with His disciples before His arrest. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_son.htm">The Son</a> Refers to Jesus Himself, emphasizing His divine relationship with the Father and His role in revealing God's glory.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/p/praying_in_jesus'_name.htm">Praying in Jesus' Name</a> Praying in Jesus' name is not a formulaic ending to prayers but signifies praying with His authority and in alignment with His character and will. <a href="/topical/p/purpose_of_prayer.htm">Purpose of Prayer</a> The ultimate purpose of prayer is to glorify the Father through the Son. Our requests should align with this divine purpose. <a href="/topical/f/faith_and_obedience.htm">Faith and Obedience</a> Effective prayer requires faith in Jesus and obedience to His teachings. Our relationship with Him influences the power of our prayers. <a href="/topical/a/alignment_with_god's_will.htm">Alignment with God's Will</a> Prayers should be made with a heart seeking God's will, understanding that His plans are higher and for His glory. <a href="/topical/c/confidence_in_prayer.htm">Confidence in Prayer</a> Believers can have confidence that their prayers are heard and answered when they are made in Jesus' name and for God's glory.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_john_14.htm">Top 10 Lessons from John 14</a> <a href="/q/what_does_praying_in_jesus'_name_mean.htm">What does praying in Jesus' name mean?</a> <a href="/q/why_are_many_prayers_unanswered.htm">John 14:13–14 – If “whatever you ask in my name” will be done, how do we explain the countless unanswered prayers throughout history?</a> <a href="/q/why_are_some_prayers_unanswered.htm">Jesus says, “Ask anything in my name, and I will do it” (John 14:13-14), but prayers often go unanswered—why?</a> <a href="/q/what_is_the_ontological_trinity.htm">What defines the Ontological Trinity in Christian theology?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/john/14.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(13) And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do.--Comp. <a href="/john/15-16.htm" title="You have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that you should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatever you shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.">John 15:16</a>; <a href="/john/16-23.htm" title="And in that day you shall ask me nothing. Truly, truly, I say to you, Whatever you shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you.">John 16:23</a>. The prayer is thought of as addressed to the Father; but the answer here, and still more emphatically in the following verse, is thought of as coming from the Son, who is one with the Father. The width and limitation of the promise are both to be noted. It is "whatsoever ye shall ask," and it is "ask in My name." This means, as My representatives on earth (comp. Notes on previous verse), as persons doing My work, living in My spirit, seeking as I have sought to do the will of the Father. It follows from this that personal petitions are not contemplated here, except as far as they are for the glory of God; and that petitions asked in ignorance may be most truly answered when they are not granted. The prayer of Gethsemane--"If it be possible, let this cup pass from Me: nevertheless, not My will, but Thine be done," should teach what prayer in the name and spirit of Christ means. We commonly attach to our prayers, "through Jesus Christ our Lord." We do not always bear in mind that this implies an absolute self-sacrifice, and is a prayer that our very prayers may not be answered except in so far as they are in accordance with the divine will. (Comp. Note on <a href="/context/2_corinthians/12-8.htm" title="For this thing I sought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me.">2Corinthians 12:8-9</a>.)That the Father may be glorified in the Son.--Comp. Notes on <a href="/john/11-4.htm" title="When Jesus heard that, he said, This sickness is not to death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God might be glorified thereby.">John 11:4</a>; <a href="/john/12-28.htm" title="Father, glorify your name. Then came there a voice from heaven, saying, I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again.">John 12:28</a>; <a href="/john/13-31.htm" title="Therefore, when he was gone out, Jesus said, Now is the Son of man glorified, and God is glorified in him.">John 13:31</a>. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/john/14.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 13. - The great word that follows may hang closely on the "because" of Ver. 12. Whether that be so or not, the power of their hands to perform these greater works is in answer to prayer presented to himself, and their success is nothing less than his own activity. And whatsoever ye ask in my Name, that will I do (see Luther). Here for the first time our Lord uses these words. Frequently (<a href="/john/5-43.htm">John 5:43</a>; <a href="/john/10-25.htm">John 10:25</a>) he had spoken of the Father's Name, and in <a href="/matthew/18-20.htm">Matthew 18:20</a> εἰς τὸ ἐμὸν ὄνομα occurs; but now he suggests a new and vitalizing condition of prayer. Luthardt has suggested that the believer, being "in Christ," prays to the Father, who is also in Christ. But the ἐν is used here in two entirely distinct senses. Others have said, taking "Name" as the compendium of all his perfections, that asking "in his Name" meant in full recognition of his Person and his relation to them and to the Father. The Name of the Son reveals the Father, and by assuming this most excellent Name, and having its fullness of meaning avouched by the Resurrection and Ascension, the Father was truly manifested. Others, again, urge that Christ's "Name" is equivalent to "himself;" and "in my Name" means "in the full consciousness that he is the element in which prayerful activity lives and moves" (Meyer). Surely this passage is the true justification of prayer to Christ himself, as identically one with the Father (see <a href="/revelation/7-17.htm">Revelation 7:17</a>). "This thing I will do" is strongly in favor of this interpretation. That the Father may be glorified in the Son. The end of this prayer-offering and the Lord's response is that the Father may be glorified; the Father who has such a Son is thereby glorified in the grateful love of his children, and in the Son himself, who is seen thus to be the link between him and his other children. <a href="/commentaries/john/14-13.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>And καὶ (kai) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. I will do ποιήσω (poiēsō) Verb - Future Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4160.htm">Strong's 4160: </a> (a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause. Apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary; to make or do. whatever ὅ¦τι (ho¦ti) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_3754.htm">Strong's 3754: </a> Neuter of hostis as conjunction; demonstrative, that; causative, because. you ask αἰτήσητε (aitēsēte) Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 2nd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_154.htm">Strong's 154: </a> To ask, request, petition, demand. Of uncertain derivation; to ask. in ἐν (en) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1722.htm">Strong's 1722: </a> In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc. My μου (mou) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1473.htm">Strong's 1473: </a> I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I. name, ὀνόματί (onomati) Noun - Dative Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3686.htm">Strong's 3686: </a> Name, character, fame, reputation. From a presumed derivative of the base of ginosko; a 'name'. so that ἵνα (hina) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2443.htm">Strong's 2443: </a> In order that, so that. Probably from the same as the former part of heautou; in order that. the ὁ (ho) Article - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. Father Πατὴρ (Patēr) Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3962.htm">Strong's 3962: </a> Father, (Heavenly) Father, ancestor, elder, senior. Apparently a primary word; a 'father'. may be glorified δοξασθῇ (doxasthē) Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Passive - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1392.htm">Strong's 1392: </a> To glorify, honor, bestow glory on. From doxa; to render glorious. in ἐν (en) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1722.htm">Strong's 1722: </a> In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc. the τῷ (tō) Article - Dative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. Son. Υἱῷ (Huiō) Noun - Dative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_5207.htm">Strong's 5207: </a> A son, descendent. 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