intercessory prayer

¹And so I beg you, first of all, to make supplications, prayers, petitions, and thanksgivings for all men,

²⁶And similarly, the Spirit also helps our weakness. For we do not know how to pray as we ought, but the Spirit himself asks on our behalf with ineffable sighing.

¹⁹Again I say to you, that if two of those among you have agreed on earth, about anything whatsoever that they have requested, it shall be done for them by my Father, who is in heaven. ²⁰For wherever two or three are gathered in my name, there am I, in their midst.”

¹⁸Through every kind of prayer and supplication, pray at all times in spirit, and so be vigilant with every kind of earnest supplication, for all the saints,

¹³Is any of you sad? Let him pray. Is he even-tempered? Let him sing psalms. ¹⁴Is anyone ill among you? Let him bring in the priests of the Church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. ¹⁵And a prayer of faith will save the infirm, and the Lord will alleviate him. And if he has sins, these will be forgiven him. ¹⁶Therefore, confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another, so that you may be saved. For the unremitting prayer of a just person prevails over many things.

⁷If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, then you may ask for whatever you will, and it shall be done for you.

²²And all things whatsoever that you shall ask for in prayer: believing, you shall receive.”

¹⁶And he saw that there was no good man. And he was astonished that there was no one to meet him. And his own arm brought salvation to him, and his own justice strengthened him.

²³And, in that day, you will not petition me for anything. Amen, amen, I say to you, if you ask the Father for anything in my name, he will give it to you. ²⁴Until now, you have not requested anything in my name. Ask, and you shall receive, so that your joy may be full.

¹⁰Likewise, the Lord was moved by the repentance of Job, when he prayed for his friends. And the Lord gave to Job twice as much as he had before.

¹⁰Concerning the rest, brothers, be strengthened in the Lord, by the power of his virtue. ¹¹Be clothed in the armor of God, so that you may be able to stand against the treachery of the devil. ¹²For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against principalities and powers, against the directors of this world of darkness, against the spirits of wickedness in high places. ¹³Because of this, take up the armor of God, so that you may be able to withstand the evil day and remain perfect in all things. ¹⁴Therefore, stand firm, having been girded about your waist with truth, and having been clothed with the breastplate of justice, ¹⁵and having feet which have been shod by the preparation of the Gospel of peace.

¹Jesus said these things, and then, lifting up his eyes toward heaven, he said: “Father, the hour has arrived: glorify your Son, so that your Son may glorify you, ²just as you have given authority over all flesh to him, so that he may give eternal life to all those whom you have given to him. ³And this is eternal life: that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent. ⁴I have glorified you on earth. I have completed the work that you gave me to accomplish. ⁵And now Father, glorify me within yourself, with the glory that I had with you before the world ever was. ⁶I have manifested your name to the men whom you have given to me from the world. They were yours, and you gave them to me. And they have kept your word.

²⁵And for this reason, he is able, continuously, to save those who approach God through him, since he is ever alive to make intercession on our behalf.

⁶Upon your walls, O Jerusalem, I have stationed watchmen all day and all night unceasingly; they will not be silent. You who are mindful of the Lord, you should not be silent,

²⁰But you, most beloved, are building yourselves up by your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit,