18 Bible Verses on Praying for Others, and What Paul Actually Asked For

Christian Pure Team

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Zusammenfassung

  • Paul prays constantly for these churches and never once asks for anyone’s circumstances to improve; he asks for knowledge, discernment, love and hope.
  • Matthew 5:44 says to pray for enemies, not about them, which rules out the version most of us can manage.
  • Job’s fortunes turn only after he prays for the three friends who spent thirty chapters accusing him.
  • Daniel confesses a nation’s sins in the first person plural, including himself in a guilt he did not earn.
  • John 17:20 is a prayer for people who did not yet exist, reached through a message not yet delivered.

The most useful thing Scripture says about praying for someone else is not a command. It is the record of what Paul actually asked for. He prays for these churches constantly and tells them so, and the requests are remarkably narrow. He never asks for anyone’s circumstances to improve. He asks for knowledge, discernment, endurance, love that increases, hope that overflows — and almost nothing else. That is worth knowing on an evening when we have somebody’s name and no…

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Literaturverzeichnis (Zum Anzeigen klicken)

Die Bibelzitate stammen aus der „New International Version“.

The kings and authorities Paul has in mind are named at 1 Timothy 2:2.

The armour passage runs from Ephesians 6:10 to 6:17, before the instruction to pray.

God’s instruction to Job’s friends is at Job 42:7-9; their accusations run through Job 4 to 25.

Psalm 107 tells four rescues — the lost, the imprisoned, the sick and the storm-tossed — at 107:4-9, 10-16, 17-22 and 23-32.

Daniel’s confession follows at Daniel 9:4-19. Paul’s request for prayer is at 2 Thessalonians 3:1-2.

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