praying and reading the bible
What does the Bible say about praying and reading the bible? These are the passages readers found most helpful — tap any citation to read it in context.
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17Therefore, faith is from hearing, and hearing is through the Word of Christ.
16All Scripture, having been divinely inspired, is useful for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in justice,
63Then what if you were to see the Son of man ascending to where he was before?
15If you love me, keep my commandments.
1In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and God was the Word.
47Whoever is of God, hears the words of God. For this reason, you do not hear them: because you are not of God.”
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.
12For the Word of God is living and effective: more piercing than any two-edged sword, reaching to the division even between the soul and the spirit, even between the joints and the marrow, and so it discerns the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
23Jesus responded and said to him: “If anyone loves me, he shall keep my word. And my Father will love him, and we will come to him, and we will make our dwelling place with him.
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.
6Jesus said to him: “I am the Way, and the Truth, and the Life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.