Ephesians 6:18

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

With every prayer and petition, pray at all times in the Spirit, and to this end be alert, with all perseverance and petitions for all the saints.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Διὰ πάσης προσευχῆς καὶ δεήσεως προσευχόμενοι ἐν παντὶ καιρῷ ἐν Πνεύματι, καὶ εἰς αὐτὸ τοῦτο ἀγρυπνοῦντες ἐν πάσῃ προσκαρτερήσει καὶ δεήσει περὶ πάντων τῶν ἁγίων·

Transliteration

Through pasēs proseuchēs and deēseōs proseuchomenoi in panti kairō in Pneumati, and eis auto touto agrypnountes in pasē proskarterēsei and deēsei peri pantōn tōn hagiōn;

Grammar Details

• *pasēs*: genitive, feminine, singular - all/every
• *proseuchēs*: genitive, feminine, singular - prayer
• *deēseōs*: genitive, feminine, singular - petition/supplication
• *proseuchomenoi*: present participle, nominative, masculine, plural, middle - praying [continuous action]
• *panti*: dative, masculine, singular - every/all
• *kairō*: dative, masculine, singular - time/season/opportunity
• *Pneumati*: dative, neuter, singular - in Spirit
• *eis auto touto*: preposition + accusative, neuter, singular + demonstrative, accusative, neuter, singular - unto this same thing
• *agrypnountes*: present participle, nominative, masculine, plural, active - being watchful/vigilant [continuous action]
• *pasē*: dative, feminine, singular - all/every
• *proskarterēsei*: dative, feminine, singular - perseverance/persistence
• *deēsei*: dative, feminine, singular - petition/supplication
• *peri*: preposition + genitive - concerning/about
• *pantōn*: genitive, masculine, plural - all
• *hagiōn*: genitive, masculine, plural - holy ones/saints

Word Meanings

• *pasēs*: all/every kind of
• *proseuchēs*: prayer/entreaty
• *deēseōs*: petition/supplication/request
• *proseuchomenoi*: praying/entreating
• *panti*: every/all/each
• *kairō*: time/season/opportunity/moment
• *Pneumati*: Spirit/spirit [divine]
• *eis auto touto*: unto this same thing/for this very purpose
• *agrypnountes*: being watchful/vigilant/staying alert
• *proskarterēsei*: perseverance/persistence/steadfastness
• *deēsei*: petition/supplication/request
• *hagiōn*: holy ones/saints/sanctified ones

Referenced Verses

• 1 Thess 5:17 : 17 constantly pray,
• Col 4:2 : 2 Exhortation to Pray for the Success of Paul’s Mission Be devoted to prayer, keeping alert in it with thanksgiving.
• Phil 4:6 : 6 Do not be anxious about anything. Instead, in every situation, through prayer and petition with thanksgiving, tell your requests to God.
• 1 Tim 2:1 : 1 Prayer for All People First of all, then, I urge that requests, prayers, intercessions, and thanks be offered on behalf of all people,
• Jude 1:20 : 20 But you, dear friends, by building yourselves up in your most holy faith, by praying in the Holy Spirit,
• Eph 1:16 : 16 I do not cease to give thanks for you when I remember you in my prayers.
• Mark 13:33 : 33 Watch out! Stay alert! For you do not know when the time will come.
• Mark 14:38 : 38 Stay awake and pray that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.”
• Matt 26:41 : 41 Stay awake and pray that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.”
• Luke 18:1-8 : 1 Prayer and the Parable of the Persistent Widow Then Jesus told them a parable to show them they should always pray and not lose heart. 2 He said,“In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected people. 3 There was also a widow in that city who kept coming to him and saying,‘Give me justice against my adversary.’ 4 For a while he refused, but later on he said to himself,‘Though I neither fear God nor have regard for people, 5 yet because this widow keeps on bothering me, I will give her justice, or in the end she will wear me out by her unending pleas.’” 6 And the Lord said,“Listen to what the unrighteous judge says! 7 Won’t God give justice to his chosen ones, who cry out to him day and night? Will he delay long to help them? 8 I tell you, he will give them justice speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?”
• Luke 21:36 : 36 But stay alert at all times, praying that you may have strength to escape all these things that must happen, and to stand before the Son of Man.”
• Luke 22:46 : 46 So he said to them,“Why are you sleeping? Get up and pray that you will not fall into temptation!”
• Acts 1:14 : 14 All these continued together in prayer with one mind, together with the women, along with Mary the mother of Jesus, and his brothers.
• Dan 9:20 : 20 Gabriel Gives to Daniel a Prophecy of Seventy Weeks While I was still speaking and praying, confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel and presenting my request before the LORD my God concerning his holy mountain–
• 1 Pet 4:7 : 7 Service, Suffering, and Judgment For the culmination of all things is near. So be self-controlled and sober-minded for the sake of prayer.
• Phil 1:4 : 4 I always pray with joy in my every prayer for all of you
• 2 Tim 1:3 : 3 Thanksgiving and Charge to Timothy I am thankful to God, whom I have served with a clear conscience as my ancestors did, when I remember you in my prayers as I do constantly night and day.
• Hos 12:4 : 4 He struggled with an angel and prevailed; he wept and begged for his favor. He found God at Bethel, and there he spoke with him!
• Zech 12:10 : 10 “I will pour out on the kingship of David and the population of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and supplication so that they will look to me, the one they have pierced. They will lament for him as one laments for an only son, and there will be a bitter cry for him like the bitter cry for a firstborn.
• Gen 32:24-28 : 24 So Jacob was left alone. Then a man wrestled with him until daybreak. 25 When the man saw that he could not defeat Jacob, he struck the socket of his hip so the socket of Jacob’s hip was dislocated while he wrestled with him. 26 Then the man said,“Let me go, for the dawn is breaking.”“I will not let you go,” Jacob replied,“unless you bless me.” 27 The man asked him,“What is your name?” He answered,“Jacob.” 28 “No longer will your name be Jacob,” the man told him,“but Israel, because you have fought with God and with men and have prevailed.”
• 1 Kgs 8:52 : 52 “May you be attentive to your servant’s and your people Israel’s requests for help and may you respond to all their prayers to you.
• 1 Kgs 8:54 : 54 When Solomon finished presenting all these prayers and requests to the LORD, he got up from before the altar of the LORD where he had kneeled and spread out his hands toward the sky.
• 1 Kgs 8:59 : 59 May the LORD our God be constantly aware of these requests of mine I have presented to him, so that he might vindicate his servant and his people Israel as the need arises.
• 1 Kgs 9:3 : 3 The LORD said to him,“I have answered your prayer and your request for help that you made to me. I have consecrated this temple you built by making it my permanent home; I will be constantly present there.
• Esth 4:8 : 8 He also gave him a written copy of the law that had been disseminated in Susa for their destruction so that he could show it to Esther and talk to her about it. He also gave instructions that she should go to the king to implore him and petition him on behalf of her people.
• Job 27:10 : 10 Will he find delight in the Almighty? Will he call out to God at all times?
• Ps 4:1 : 1 For the music director, to be accompanied by stringed instruments; a psalm of David. When I call out, answer me, O God who vindicates me! Though I am hemmed in, you will lead me into a wide, open place. Have mercy on me and respond to my prayer!
• Ps 6:9 : 9 The LORD has heard my appeal for mercy; the LORD has accepted my prayer.
• Isa 26:16 : 16 O LORD, in distress they looked for you; they uttered incantations because of your discipline.
• Dan 6:10 : 10 When Daniel realized that a written decree had been issued, he entered his home, where the windows in his upper room opened toward Jerusalem. Three times daily he was kneeling and offering prayers and thanks to his God just as he had been accustomed to do previously.
• Luke 11:5-8 : 5 Then he said to them,“Suppose one of you has a friend, and you go to him at midnight and say to him,‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread, 6 because a friend of mine has stopped here while on a journey, and I have nothing to set before him.’ 7 Then he will reply from inside,‘Do not bother me. The door is already shut, and my children and I are in bed. I cannot get up and give you anything.’ 8 I tell you, even though the man inside will not get up and give him anything because he is his friend, yet because of the first man’s sheer persistence he will get up and give him whatever he needs.
• Eph 3:18 : 18 you will be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth,
• Eph 6:19 : 19 Pray for me also, that I may be given the right words when I begin to speak– that I may confidently make known the mystery of the gospel,
• Col 1:4 : 4 since we heard about your faith in Christ Jesus and the love that you have for all the saints.
• Eph 2:22 : 22 in whom you also are being built together into a dwelling place of God in the Spirit.
• Eph 3:8 : 8 To me– less than the least of all the saints– this grace was given, to proclaim to the Gentiles the unfathomable riches of Christ
• Acts 6:4 : 4 But we will devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word.”
• Acts 10:2 : 2 He was a devout, God-fearing man, as was all his household; he did many acts of charity for the people and prayed to God regularly.
• Acts 12:5 : 5 So Peter was kept in prison, but those in the church were earnestly praying to God for him.
• Rom 8:15 : 15 For you did not receive the spirit of slavery leading again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry,“Abba, Father.”
• Rom 8:26-27 : 26 In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness, for we do not know how we should pray, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with inexpressible groanings. 27 And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes on behalf of the saints according to God’s will.
• Rom 12:12 : 12 Rejoice in hope, endure in suffering, persist in prayer.
• Gal 4:6 : 6 And because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, who calls“Abba! Father!”
• Matt 15:25-28 : 25 But she came and bowed down before him and said,“Lord, help me!” 26 “It is not right to take the children’s bread and throw it to the dogs,” he said. 27 “Yes, Lord,” she replied,“but even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their masters’ table.” 28 Then Jesus answered her,“Woman, your faith is great! Let what you want be done for you.” And her daughter was healed from that hour.
• Luke 3:26 : 26 the son of Maath, the son of Mattathias, the son of Semein, the son of Josech, the son of Joda,
• Luke 3:37 : 37 the son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of Mahalalel, the son of Kenan,
• Phlm 1:5 : 5 because I hear of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints.
• Heb 5:7 : 7 During his earthly life Christ offered both requests and supplications, with loud cries and tears, to the one who was able to save him from death and he was heard because of his devotion.