Prayer

Passage

Thanksgiving for the recipients of his letters

Rom 1:8–9; 1 Cor 1:3–8; Eph 1:15–16; Phil 1:3–5; Col 1:3–8; 1 Thess 1:2–3; 2:13; 2 Thess 1:3–4; 2:13–14; 2 Tim 1:3; Phlm 4–6

Other prayers of thanksgiving

Rom 6:17–18; 7:25; 1 Cor 1:14; 14:18; 15:57; 2 Cor 1:3–4; 2:14; 8:16; 9:15; Eph 1:3–14; Col 1:12; 1 Tim 1:12–14

“I may succeed to come to you in the will of God.”

Rom 1:10

“for their salvation”

Rom 10:1

“Maranatha!”

1 Cor 16:22

“that you do not do wrong …”

2 Cor 13:7–9

“that … God … may give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation …”

Eph 1:16–23

“to be strengthened with power through his Spirit …”

Eph 3:14–21

“that your love may abound …”

Phil 1:9–11

“that you may be filled with knowledge …”

Col 1:9–14

“that we may see your face …”

1 Thess 3:9–13

“that our God will make you worthy of his call …”

2 Thess 1:11–12

Paul requests prayer

Rom 15:30–32; 2 Cor 1:11; Eph 6:19–20; Phil 1:19 Col 4:3–4; 1 Thess 5:25; 2 Thess 3:1; Phlm 22

Paul exhorts his recipients to pray

Rom 12:12; 1 Cor 7:5; Eph 5:4; 6:18; Phil 4:6; Col 4:2; 1 Thess 5:17; 1 Tim 2:1–2; 5:5