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Book of 1 John Chapter 5 Vs. 14

 That You May Know 1 John 5:14 "And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us:" And... καί kaí ; copulative conj. And, also. (I) And, used as a copulative. (A) As simply joining single words and clauses, e.g., nouns (Mat. 2:11; 13:55; 23:6-7; Luke 6:38). When the latter noun is in place of a gen. (Acts 23:6; Rom. 2:20; Sept.: Gen. 1:14; 3:16). When joining pronouns (Mat. 8:29); adj. (Rom. 7:12); verbs (Mark 4:27; Acts 1:21; 7:17; 9:28); where one verb is taken adverbially (Luke 6:48; Rom. 10:20); adv. (Heb. 1:1). When joining clauses (Mat. 1:17; 7:25; John 1:1; Rom. 14:7). Hence kaí is mostly a simple continuative, marking the progress of a continued discourse, e.g., Mat. 1:23; Mark 4:32; Luke 2:34; 11:44; 1Cor. 12:5-6. As connecting neg. clauses, where the neg. particle may be omitted in the latter, which is then rendered neg. by the continuative power of kaí , e.g., Mark 4:12; John 12:40; Acts 28...