Verse 2

Exhortation to Pray for the Success of Paul’s Mission Be devoted to prayer, keeping alert in it with thanksgiving.

Referenced Verses

  • 1 Thess 5:17-18 : 17 constantly pray, 18 in everything give thanks. For this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.
  • Eph 6:18 : 18 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.
  • 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.
  • Luke 18:1 : 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.
  • Mark 13:33 : 33 Watch out! Stay alert! For you do not know when the time will come.
  • Rom 12:12 : 12 Rejoice in hope, endure in suffering, persist in prayer.
  • 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.
  • Col 1:9 : 9 Paul’s Prayer for the Growth of the Church For this reason we also, from the day we heard about you, have not ceased praying for you and asking God to fill you with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,
  • Col 2:7 : 7 rooted and built up in him and firm in your faith just as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.
  • 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.”
  • Job 15:4 : 4 But you even break off piety, and hinder meditation before God.
  • Col 3:15 : 15 Let the peace of Christ be in control in your heart(for you were in fact called as one body to this peace), and be thankful.
  • Col 3:17 : 17 And whatever you do in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
  • Col 4:12 : 12 Epaphras, who is one of you and a slave of Christ, greets you. He is always struggling in prayer on your behalf, so that you may stand mature and fully assured in all the will of God.
  • Job 27:8-9 : 8 For what hope does the godless have when he is cut off, when God takes away his life? 9 Does God listen to his cry when distress overtakes him? 10 Will he find delight in the Almighty? Will he call out to God at all times?
  • Ps 55:16-17 : 16 As for me, I will call out to God, and the LORD will deliver me. 17 During the evening, morning, and noontime I will lament and moan, and he will hear me.
  • Ps 109:4 : 4 They repay my love with accusations, but I continue to pray.
  • Matt 26:41 : 41 Stay awake and pray that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.”
  • 1 Sam 12:23 : 23 As far as I am concerned, far be it from me to sin against the LORD by ceasing to pray for you! I will instruct you in the way that is good and upright.