25 But if we hope for that we see not, we do with patience abide for it.

26 [a]Likewise the Spirit also [b]helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what to pray as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh [c]request for us with sighs, which cannot be expressed.

27 But he that searcheth the hearts, knoweth what is the [d]meaning of the Spirit: for he maketh request for the Saints, [e]according to the will of God.

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 8:26 Seventhly, There is no cause why we should faint under the burden of afflictions, seeing that prayers minister unto us a most sure help, which cannot be frustrated, seeing they proceed from the spirit of God which dwelleth in us.
  2. Romans 8:26 Beareth our burden, as it were that we faint not under it.
  3. Romans 8:26 Provoketh us to prayers, and telleth us as it were within, what we shall say, and how we shall groan.
  4. Romans 8:27 What sobs and sighs proceed from the instinct of his Spirit.
  5. Romans 8:27 Because he teacheth the godly to pray according to God’s will.

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