Verse 14.— And this is the confidence. Whether the word should be confidence or boldness, will make but little difference, as I view it, for if we be God's children and ask for blessings, the petition being according to God's will, we have the word of the Father, that none should doubt, that he will hear. We may, there­fore, come with boldness, and in all confident assurance, to his throne of grace designed for his children.