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Paul’s Prayer for Spiritual Growth

14 When I think of all this, I fall to my knees and pray to the Father,[a]

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  1. 3:14 Some manuscripts read the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

A Prayer for the Ephesians

14 For this reason I kneel(A) before the Father,

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16 I have not stopped thanking God for you. I pray for you constantly, 17 asking God, the glorious Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, to give you spiritual wisdom[a] and insight so that you might grow in your knowledge of God. 18 I pray that your hearts will be flooded with light so that you can understand the confident hope he has given to those he called—his holy people who are his rich and glorious inheritance.[b]

19 I also pray that you will understand the incredible greatness of God’s power for us who believe him. This is the same mighty power

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  1. 1:17 Or to give you the Spirit of wisdom.
  2. 1:18 Or called, and the rich and glorious inheritance he has given to his holy people.

16 I have not stopped giving thanks for you,(A) remembering you in my prayers.(B) 17 I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father,(C) may give you the Spirit[a] of wisdom(D) and revelation, so that you may know him better. 18 I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened(E) in order that you may know the hope to which he has called(F) you, the riches(G) of his glorious inheritance(H) in his holy people,(I) 19 and his incomparably great power for us who believe. That power(J) is the same as the mighty strength(K)

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  1. Ephesians 1:17 Or a spirit

Come, let us worship and bow down.
    Let us kneel before the Lord our maker,

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Come, let us bow down(A) in worship,(B)
    let us kneel(C) before the Lord our Maker;(D)

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10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow,
    in heaven and on earth and under the earth,

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10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow,(A)
    in heaven and on earth and under the earth,(B)

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When we returned to the ship at the end of the week, the entire congregation, including women[a] and children, left the city and came down to the shore with us. There we knelt, prayed,

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  1. 21:5 Or wives.

When it was time to leave, we left and continued on our way. All of them, including wives and children, accompanied us out of the city, and there on the beach we knelt to pray.(A)

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Spiritual Blessings

All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms because we are united with Christ.

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Praise for Spiritual Blessings in Christ

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,(A) who has blessed us in the heavenly realms(B) with every spiritual blessing in Christ.

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10 But when Daniel learned that the law had been signed, he went home and knelt down as usual in his upstairs room, with its windows open toward Jerusalem. He prayed three times a day, just as he had always done, giving thanks to his God.

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10 Now when Daniel learned that the decree had been published, he went home to his upstairs room where the windows opened toward(A) Jerusalem. Three times a day he got down on his knees(B) and prayed, giving thanks to his God, just as he had done before.(C)

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At the time of the sacrifice, I stood up from where I had sat in mourning with my clothes torn. I fell to my knees and lifted my hands to the Lord my God.

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Then, at the evening sacrifice,(A) I rose from my self-abasement, with my tunic and cloak torn, and fell on my knees with my hands(B) spread out to the Lord my God

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23 I have sworn by my own name;
    I have spoken the truth,
    and I will never go back on my word:
Every knee will bend to me,
    and every tongue will declare allegiance to me.[a]

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  1. 45:23 Hebrew will confess; Greek version reads will declare allegiance to God. Compare Rom 14:11.

23 By myself I have sworn,(A)
    my mouth has uttered in all integrity(B)
    a word that will not be revoked:(C)
Before me every knee will bow;(D)
    by me every tongue will swear.(E)

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36 When he had finished speaking, he knelt and prayed with them.

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36 When Paul had finished speaking, he knelt down with all of them and prayed.(A)

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41 He walked away, about a stone’s throw, and knelt down and prayed,

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41 He withdrew about a stone’s throw beyond them, knelt down(A) and prayed,

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18 Yet I will preserve 7,000 others in Israel who have never bowed down to Baal or kissed him!”

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18 Yet I reserve(A) seven thousand in Israel—all whose knees have not bowed down to Baal and whose mouths have not kissed(B) him.”

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The Dedication of the Temple

54 When Solomon finished making these prayers and petitions to the Lord, he stood up in front of the altar of the Lord, where he had been kneeling with his hands raised toward heaven.

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54 When Solomon had finished all these prayers and supplications to the Lord, he rose from before the altar of the Lord, where he had been kneeling with his hands spread out toward heaven.

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