praying for the lost
What does the Bible say about praying for the lost? These are the passages readers found most helpful — tap any citation to read it in context.
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18in order to open their eyes, so that they may be converted from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive the remission of sins and a place among the saints, through the faith that is in me.’
1Brothers, certainly the will of my heart, and my prayer to God, is for them unto salvation.
1And so I beg you, first of all, to make supplications, prayers, petitions, and thanksgivings for all men, 2for kings, and for all who are in high places, so that we may lead a quiet and tranquil life in all piety and chastity. 3For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior, 4who wants all men to be saved and to arrive at an acknowledgment of the truth. 5For there is one God, and one mediator of God and of men, the man Christ Jesus, 6who gave himself as a redemption for all, as a testimony in its proper time.
9The Lord is not delaying his promise, as some imagine, but he does act patiently for your sake, not wanting anyone to perish, but wanting all to be turned back to penance.
10For the Son of man has come to seek and to save what had been lost.”
4who wants all men to be saved and to arrive at an acknowledgment of the truth.
26and then they may recover from the snares of the devil, by whom they are held captive at his will.
14And this is the confidence which we have toward God: that no matter what we shall request, in accord with his will, he hears us.
37Then he said to his disciples: “The harvest indeed is great, but the laborers are few. 38Therefore, petition the Lord of the harvest, so that he may sent out laborers to his harvest.”
26And I will give to you a new heart, and I will place in you a new spirit. And I will take away the heart of stone from your body, and I will give to you a heart of flesh.
44No one is able to come to me, unless the Father, who has sent me, has drawn him. And I will raise him up on the last day.
4As for them, the god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that the light of the Gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, would not shine in them.