unfoldingWord_en_tn/1jn/05/14.md

this is the confidence we have before him, that

The abstract noun "confidence" can be stated as "confident." AT: "we are confident in God's presence because we know that" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns)

if we ask anything according to his will

"if we ask for the things that God desires"