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

Christian Pure Team

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Summary

  • Paul’s recorded prayers for the churches ask mostly for knowledge, wisdom, love and hope rather than changed circumstances.
  • Matthew 5:44 tells believers to love their enemies and pray for those who persecute them.
  • Job’s fortunes are restored after he prays for the three friends who had accused him (Job 42:10).
  • 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.

Scripture tells believers to pray for one another, enemies included, and Paul’s recorded prayers show what to ask for: wisdom, knowledge of God’s will, love with insight, and hope. Paul tells the churches he prays for them constantly, and his requests are mostly about their faith and understanding rather than their circumstances. Jesus tells his followers to pray for those who persecute them (Matthew 5:44), and James tells the sick to call the elders to pray over them (James 5:14).…

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Bibliography (Click to show)

Scripture quotations are from the 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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