Moreover, as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the Lord by ceasing to pray for you, and I will instruct you in the good and the right way.
And so, from the day we heard, we have not ceased to pray for you, asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,
For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I mention you
I thank God whom I serve, as did my ancestors, with a clear conscience, as I remember you constantly in my prayers night and day.
as we pray most earnestly night and day that we may see you face to face and supply what is lacking in your faith?
then hear in heaven and forgive the sin of your servants, your people Israel, when you teach them the good way in which they should walk, and grant rain upon your land, which you have given to your people as an inheritance.
So Peter was kept in prison, but earnest prayer for him was made to God by the church.
Come, O children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of the Lord.
Thus says the Lord: “Stand by the roads, and look, and ask for the ancient paths, where the good way is; and walk in it, and find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it.’
I have taught you the way of wisdom; I have led you in the paths of uprightness.
then hear in heaven and forgive the sin of your servants, your people Israel, when you teach them the good way in which they should walk, and grant rain upon your land, which you have given to your people as an inheritance.
Him we proclaim, warning everyone and teaching everyone with all wisdom, that we may present everyone mature in Christ.
how I did not shrink from declaring to you anything that was profitable, and teaching you in public and from house to house,
The Preacher sought to find words of delight, and uprightly he wrote words of truth.
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