Paul later writes to Timothy, "Study to show yourself approved unto God, a workman that needs not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word if truth" (2 Timothy 2:15; 1 Timothy 4:13).
It is imperative that we study the context of any given principle in God's word. For example John chapters 14-16 say numerous times that we can ask what we will, and the Father will give it to us. Many believers interpret those promises based on our present culture and not on the context of the entire teaching of those three chapters. They wrongfully conclude that we could ask for anything that fulfills our desires and receive it.
Reading the entire three chapters as a unit, the way Jesus spoke it, we learn that the "anything" relates to bearing spiritual fruit in the midst of tribulation (John 14:13; 27; 15:1-5, 8, 16, 18, 20; 16:1-4, 24-33).
