Romans 1:9
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9 For God, whom I serve with my spirit by announcing the gospel[a] of his Son, is my witness that without ceasing I remember you always in my prayers,(A)
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2 Timothy 1:3
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Thanksgiving and Encouragement
3 I am grateful to God—whom I worship with a clear conscience, as my ancestors did—when I remember you constantly in my prayers night and day.(A)
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Ephesians 6:18
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18 Pray in the Spirit at all times in every prayer and supplication. To that end, keep alert and always persevere in supplication for all the saints.(A)
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Ephesians 1:16-19
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16 I do not cease to give thanks for you as I remember you in my prayers,(A) 17 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation as you come to know him,(B) 18 so that, with the eyes of your heart enlightened, you may perceive what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance among the saints, 19 and what is the immeasurable greatness of his power for us who believe, according to the working of his great power.
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Romans 9:1
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God’s Election of Israel
9 I am speaking the truth in Christ—I am not lying; my conscience confirms it by the Holy Spirit(A)—
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2 Corinthians 1:23
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23 But I call on God as witness against me: it was to spare you that I did not come again to Corinth.(A)
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1 Thessalonians 3:10
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10 Night and day we pray most earnestly that we may see you face to face and restore whatever is lacking in your faith.(A)
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1 Thessalonians 1:2
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The Thessalonians’ Faith and Example
2 We always give thanks to God for all of you and mention you in our prayers, constantly(A)
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1 Thessalonians 5:17
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17 pray without ceasing,
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Colossians 1:9-13
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9 For this reason, since the day we heard it, we have not ceased praying for you and asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of God’s[a] will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,(A) 10 so that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him, as you bear fruit in every good work and as you grow in the knowledge of God.(B) 11 May you be made strong with all the strength that comes from his glorious power, so that you may have all endurance and patience, joyfully(C) 12 giving thanks to the Father,[b] who has enabled[c] you[d] to share in the inheritance of the saints in the light. 13 He has rescued us from the power of darkness and transferred us into the kingdom of his beloved Son,(D)
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Philippians 3:3
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3 For it is we who are the circumcision, who worship in the Spirit of God[a] and boast in Christ Jesus and have no confidence in the flesh(A)—
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- 3.3 Other ancient authorities read worship God in spirit
Philippians 1:4
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4 always in every one of my prayers for all of you, praying with joy
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Ephesians 3:14-21
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Prayer for the Readers
14 For this reason I bow my knees before the Father,[a] 15 from whom every family[b] in heaven and on earth takes its name. 16 I pray that, according to the riches of his glory, he may grant that you may be strengthened in your inner being with power through his Spirit(A) 17 and that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith, as you are being rooted and grounded in love. 18 I pray that you may have the power to comprehend, with all the saints, what is the breadth and length and height and depth(B) 19 and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, so that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.(C)
20 Now to him who by the power at work within us is able to accomplish abundantly far more than all we can ask or imagine,(D) 21 to him be glory in the church and[c] in Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.
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2 Corinthians 11:10-11
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10 As the truth of Christ is in me, this boast of mine will not be silenced in the regions of Achaia.(A) 11 And why? Because I do not love you? God knows I do!(B)
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1 Corinthians 14:14-15
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14 For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays but my mind is unproductive. 15 What should I do then? I will pray with the spirit, but I will pray with the mind also; I will sing praise with the spirit, but I will sing praise with the mind also.(A)
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Acts 27:23
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23 For last night there stood by me an angel of the God to whom I belong and whom I worship,(A)
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Acts 19:21
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The Riot in Ephesus
21 Now after these things had been accomplished, Paul resolved in the Spirit to go through Macedonia and Achaia and then to go on to Jerusalem. He said, “After I have gone there, I must also see Rome.”(A)
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John 4:23-24
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23 But the hour is coming and is now here when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father seeks such as these to worship him.(A) 24 God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”(B)
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1 John 5:9-12
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9 If we receive human testimony, the testimony of God is greater, for this is the testimony of God that he has testified to his Son.(A) 10 Those who believe in the Son of God have the testimony in their hearts. Those who do not believe in God[a] have made him a liar by not believing in the testimony that God has given concerning his Son.(B) 11 And this is the testimony: God gave us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. 12 Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.(C)
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- 5.10 Other ancient authorities read in the Son
1 Timothy 2:7
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7 For this I was appointed a herald and an apostle (I am telling the truth;[a] I am not lying), a teacher of the gentiles in faith and truth.(A)
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1 Thessalonians 2:5-10
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5 As you know and as God is our witness, we never came with words of flattery or with a pretext for greed,(A) 6 nor did we seek praise from mortals, whether from you or from others,(B) 7 though we might have made demands as apostles of Christ. But we were gentle[a] among you, like a nurse tenderly caring for her own children. 8 So deeply do we care for you that we are determined to share with you not only the gospel of God but also our own selves, because you have become very dear to us.
9 You remember our labor and toil, brothers and sisters; we worked night and day so that we might not burden any of you while we proclaimed to you the gospel of God.(C) 10 You are witnesses, and God also, how pure, upright, and blameless our conduct was toward you believers.(D)
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Colossians 1:28-29
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28 It is he whom we proclaim, warning everyone and teaching everyone in all wisdom, so that we may present everyone mature in Christ.[a](A) 29 For this I toil and strive with all the energy that he powerfully inspires within me.(B)
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Philippians 2:22
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22 But Timothy’s[a] worth you know, how like a son with a father he has served with me in the work of the gospel.(A)
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Philippians 1:8-11
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8 For God is my witness, how I long for all of you with the tender affection of Christ Jesus.(A) 9 And this is my prayer, that your love may overflow more and more with knowledge and full insight(B) 10 to help you to determine what really matters, so that in the day of Christ you may be pure and blameless, 11 having produced the harvest[a] of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ for the glory and praise of God.
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Galatians 1:20
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20 In what I am writing to you, before God, I do not lie!
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