23 As for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the Lord by failing to pray(A) for you. And I will teach(B) you the way that is good and right.

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23 Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the Lord in ceasing to pray for you: but I will teach you the good and the right way:

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The Parable of the Persistent Widow

18 Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up.(A)

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18 And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;

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14 They all joined together constantly in prayer,(A) along with the women(B) and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brothers.(C)

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14 These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren.

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16 I have not stopped giving thanks for you,(A) remembering you in my prayers.(B)

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16 Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers;

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In all my prayers for all of you, I always pray(A) with joy

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Always in every prayer of mine for you all making request with joy,

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For this reason, since the day we heard about you,(A) we have not stopped praying for you.(B) We continually ask God to fill you with the knowledge of his will(C) through all the wisdom and understanding that the Spirit gives,[a](D)

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Footnotes

  1. Colossians 1:9 Or all spiritual wisdom and understanding

For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;

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11 With this in mind, we constantly pray for you,(A) that our God may make you worthy(B) of his calling,(C) and that by his power he may bring to fruition your every desire for goodness(D) and your every deed prompted by faith.(E)

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11 Wherefore also we pray always for you, that our God would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfil all the good pleasure of his goodness, and the work of faith with power:

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Thanksgiving

I thank God,(A) whom I serve, as my ancestors did, with a clear conscience,(B) as night and day I constantly remember you in my prayers.(C)

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I thank God, whom I serve from my forefathers with pure conscience, that without ceasing I have remembrance of thee in my prayers night and day;

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Thanksgiving and Prayer

I always thank my God(A) as I remember you in my prayers,(B)

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I thank my God, making mention of thee always in my prayers,

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