Prayers of Paul
Ephesians 1:17-23
[For I always pray to] the God of our
Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory,
that He may grant you a spirit of wisdom
and revelation in the knowledge of Him
By having the eyes of your heart flooded
with light, so that you can know and
understand the hope to which He has
called you, and how rich is His glorious
inheritance in the saints.
And what is the immeasureable and unlimited
and surpassing greatness of His power
in and for us who believe, as demonstrated
in the working of His mighty strength,
Which He exerted in Christ when He raised
Him from the dead and seated Him at His
right hand in the heavenly places.
Far above all rule and authority and power
and dominion and every name that is named,
not only in this age and in this world,
but also in the age of the world which
are to come.
And He has put all things under His
feet and has appointed Him the universal
and supreme Head of the church, Ps.8:6
Which is His body, the fullness of Him
Who fills all in all [for in that body
lives the full measure of Him Who
makes everything complete, and Who
fills everything everywhere with Himself].
Ephesians 3:14-21
For this reason [seeing the greatness of this
plan by which you are built together in
in Christ], I bow my knees before the
Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
For Whom every family in heaven and on
earth is named.
May He grant you out of the rich treasury
of His glory to be strengthened and reinforced
with mighty power in the inner man by
the [Holy] Spirit [Himself indwelling
your innermost being and personality].
May christ through your faith [actually] dwell
(settle down, abide, make His permanent home)
in your hearts! May you be rooted deep
in love and founded securley on love,
That you may have the power and be strong
to apprehend and grasp with all the
saints [God's devoted people, the experience
of that love] what is the breadth and
length and height and depth [of it];
[That you may really come] to know
[practically, through experience for yourselves]
the love of Christ, which far surpasses
mere knowledge [without experience]; that
that you may be filled [through all your
being] unto all the fullness of God
[may have the richest measure of divine
Presence, and become a body wholly filled
and flooded with God Himself]!
Now to Him Who, by (in consequence of)
the [action of His] power that is at work within
us, is able to [carry out His purpose and]
do superabundantly, far over and above all
that we [dare] ask or think [infinitely
beyond our highest prayers, desires, thoughts,
hopes, or dreams]--
To Him be glory in the church and in Christ
Jesus throughout all generations forever
and ever. Amen (so be it).
Philippians 1:9-11
And this I pray: that your love may
abound yet more and more and extend to
its fullest development in knowledge and
all keen insight [that your love may display
itself in greater depth of acquaintance
and more comprehensive discernment].
So that you may surely learn to sense what
is vital, and approve and prize what is
excellent and of real value [recognizing
the highest and the best, and distinguishing
the moral differences], and that you may
be untainted and pure and unerring and
blameles [so that with hearts sincere and
certain and unsullied, you may approach]
the day of Christ [not stumbling nor
causing others to stumble].
May you abound in and be filled with the
fruits of righteusness (of right standing
with God and right doing) which come through
Jesus Christ (the Anointed One), to the
honor and praise of God [that His glory
may be both manifested and recognized].
Colossians 1:9-12
For this reason we also, from the day we
heard of it, have not ceased to pray and
make [special] request for you, [asking]
that you may be filled with the full (deep
and clear) knowledge of His will in all
spiritual wisdom and in understand and
discernment of spiritual things--
That you may walk (live and conduct yourselves)
in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully
pleasing to Him and desiring to please
Him in all things, bearing fruit in every
good work and steadily growing and increasing
in and by the knowledge of God.
[We pray] that you may be invigorated
and strengthened with all power according
to the might of His glory, [to exercise]
every kind of endurance and patience
with joy, giving thanks to the Father,
Who has qualified and made us fit to
share the portion which is the inheritance
of the saints (God's Holy people) in
in the Light.
2 Thessalonians 1:11,12
With this in view we constantly pray for you,
that our God may deem and count you worthy
of [your]calling and [His] every gracious
purpose of goodness, and with power may
complete in [your] every particular work
of faith (faith which is that leaning of
the whole human personality on God in
absolute trust and confidence in His
power, wisdom, and goodness).
Thus may the name of our Lord Jesus
Christ be glorified and become more
glorious through and in you, and may
you [also be glorified] in Him according
to the grace (favor and blessing) of our
of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.
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