Philippians 1:4

Be of the same mind one toward another. Don’t set your mind on high things, but associate with the humble. Don’t be wise in your own conceits.

In the same way, the Spirit also helps our weaknesses, for we don’t know how to pray as we ought. But the Spirit himself makes intercession for us with groanings which can’t be uttered.

Pray without ceasing.

Continue steadfastly in prayer, watching in it with thanksgiving,

Now I beg you, brothers, through the name of our Lord, Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfected together in the same mind and in the same judgment.

Moreover as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against Yahweh in ceasing to pray for you: but I will instruct you in the good and the right way.

I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”

He also spoke a parable to them that they must always pray, and not give up,

Only let your way of life be worthy of the Good News of Christ, that whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of your state, that you stand firm in one spirit, with one soul striving for the faith of the Good News;

In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.

Watch! Stand firm in the faith! Be courageous! Be strong!

Therefore don’t be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.

This I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and all discernment,

I exhort therefore, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and givings of thanks be made for all men:

There is a generation that is pure in their own eyes, yet are not washed from their filthiness.

If he finds it, most certainly I tell you, he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine which have not gone astray.

But it was appropriate to celebrate and be glad, for this, your brother, was dead, and is alive again. He was lost, and is found.’ ”

For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Isn’t it even you, before our Lord Jesus at his coming?

But we beg you, brothers, to know those who labor among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you,

But you, beloved, keep building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit.

Watch, keep alert, and pray; for you don’t know when the time is.

Take heed, therefore, to yourselves, and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the assembly of the Lord and God which he purchased with his own blood.

Finally, brothers, rejoice! Be perfected. Be comforted. Be of the same mind. Live in peace, and the God of love and peace will be with you.

don’t cease to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers,

But we, brothers, being bereaved of you for a short season, in presence, not in heart, tried even harder to see your face with great desire,

I thank God, whom I serve as my forefathers did, with a pure conscience. How unceasing is my memory of you in my petitions, night and day

Remember your leaders, men who spoke to you the word of God, and considering the results of their conduct, imitate their faith.

Evening, morning, and at noon, I will cry out in distress. He will hear my voice.

Watch and pray, that you don’t enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.”

Early in the morning, while it was still dark, he rose up and went out, and departed into a deserted place, and prayed there.

Watch and pray, that you may not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.”

But he answered his father, ‘Behold, these many years I have served you, and I never disobeyed a commandment of yours, but you never gave me a goat, that I might celebrate with my friends.

He said to them, “You are those who justify yourselves in the sight of men, but God knows your hearts. For that which is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God.

Therefore be watchful all the time, praying that you may be counted worthy to escape all these things that will happen, and to stand before the Son of Man.”

All these with one accord continued steadfastly in prayer and supplication, along with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brothers.

For I most certainly, as being absent in body but present in spirit, have already, as though I were present, judged him who has done this thing.

Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the Lord’s work, because you know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

For godly sorrow produces repentance to salvation, which brings no regret. But the sorrow of the world produces death.

Therefore we have been comforted. In our comfort we rejoiced the more exceedingly for the joy of Titus, because his spirit has been refreshed by you all.

For God is my witness, how I long after all of you in the tender mercies of Christ Jesus.

holding up the word of life, that I may have something to boast in the day of Christ, that I didn’t run in vain nor labor in vain.

Walk in wisdom toward those who are outside, redeeming the time.

But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceful, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.

Withstand him steadfast in your faith, knowing that your brothers who are in the world are undergoing the same sufferings.

Even now, behold, my witness is in heaven. He who vouches for me is on high.

The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit. O God, you will not despise a broken and contrite heart.

Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts. Let him return to Yahweh, and he will have mercy on him, to our God, for he will freely pardon.

I will pour on David’s house, and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplication; and they will look to me whom they have pierced; and they shall mourn for him, as one mourns for his only son, and will grieve bitterly for him, as one grieves for his firstborn.

Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, set apart for the Good News of God,

I was alive apart from the law once, but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.

God has set some in the assembly: first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracle workers, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, and various kinds of languages.

Let all things be done decently and in order.

But I call God for a witness to my soul, that I didn’t come to Corinth to spare you.

subjecting yourselves to one another in the fear of Christ.

We give thanks to God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you,

For neither were we at any time found using words of flattery, as you know, nor a cloak of covetousness (God is witness),

Let the elders who rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in the word and in teaching.

let’s hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering; for he who promised is faithful.

Greet all of your leaders and all the saints. The Italians greet you.

Confess your offenses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The insistent prayer of a righteous person is powerfully effective.

Tell them, ‘ “As I live,” says the Lord Yahweh, “I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live. Turn, turn from your evil ways! For why will you die, house of Israel?” ’

While I was speaking, and praying, and confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my supplication before Yahweh my God for the holy mountain of my God;

and said to them, “Why do you sleep? Rise and pray that you may not enter into temptation.”

But the hour comes, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father seeks such to be his worshipers.

Therefore watch, remembering that for a period of three years I didn’t cease to admonish everyone night and day with tears.

For God is my witness, whom I serve in my spirit in the Good News of his Son, how unceasingly I make mention of you always in my prayers,

What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also. I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also.

For they refreshed my spirit and yours. Therefore acknowledge those who are like that.

As the truth of Christ is in me, no one will stop me from this boasting in the regions of Achaia.

with all prayer and requests, praying at all times in the Spirit, and being watchful to this end in all perseverance and requests for all the saints:

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your heart to the Lord.

Yes, brother, let me have joy from you in the Lord. Refresh my heart in the Lord.

Aren’t they all serving spirits, sent out to do service for the sake of those who will inherit salvation?

make you complete in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is well pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.

But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him.

For this is the will of God, that by well-doing you should put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:

But the end of all things is near. Therefore be of sound mind, self-controlled, and sober in prayer.

I tell you that even so there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents, than over ninety-nine righteous people who need no repentance.

Even so, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner repenting.”

For this cause, we also, since the day we heard this, don’t cease praying and making requests for you, that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,

When he comes home, he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost!’

But we will continue steadfastly in prayer and in the ministry of the word.”

doesn’t rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth;

make my joy full by being like-minded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind;

For many walk, of whom I told you often, and now tell you even weeping, as the enemies of the cross of Christ,

Therefore, my brothers, beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, stand firm in the Lord in this way, my beloved.

For though I am absent in the flesh, yet I am with you in the spirit, rejoicing and seeing your order, and the steadfastness of your faith in Christ.

We always give thanks to God for all of you, mentioning you in our prayers,

For we have much joy and comfort in your love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you, brother.

Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they watch on behalf of your souls, as those who will give account, that they may do this with joy, and not with groaning, for that would be unprofitable for you.

I rejoice greatly that I have found some of your children walking in truth, even as we have been commanded by the Father.

For I rejoiced greatly when brothers came and testified about your truth, even as you walk in truth.