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this is the confidence we have before him, that

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

if we ask anything according to his will

"if we ask for the things that God desires"