² He said to them, “When you pray, say:

⁶ But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father,^(A) who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. ⁷ And when you pray, do not keep on babbling^(B) like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words.^{(C) 8} Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need^(D) before you ask him.

⁹ “This, then, is how you should pray:

¹⁴ For if you forgive other people when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.^{(L) 15} But if you do not forgive others their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins.^(M)

¹¹ Now may our God and Father^(A) himself and our Lord Jesus clear the way for us to come to you. ¹² May the Lord make your love increase and overflow for each other^(B) and for everyone else, just as ours does for you. ¹³ May he strengthen your hearts so that you will be blameless^(C) and holy in the presence of our God and Father^(D) when our Lord Jesus comes^(E) with all his holy ones.^(F)

⁶ and said:

⁴ I saw thrones^(A) on which were seated those who had been given authority to judge.^(B) And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded^(C) because of their testimony about Jesus^(D) and because of the word of God.^(E) They^[a] had not worshiped the beast^(F) or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or their hands.^(G) They came to life and reigned^(H) with Christ a thousand years.

³ We remember before our God and Father^(A) your work produced by faith,^(B) your labor prompted by love,^(C) and your endurance inspired by hope^(D) in our Lord Jesus Christ.