Pray without ceasing.
Parallel translations
- WEB Pray without ceasing.
- BSB Pray without ceasing.
- NKJV pray without ceasing,
- NASB pray without ceasing,
- NLT Never stop praying.
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Quick answer
Believers are to pray without ceasing, maintaining a continual, prayerful dependence on God.
Overview
"Without ceasing" describes a persistent, recurring attitude of prayer rather than literally unbroken speech. It calls for a life so oriented toward God that prayer becomes the constant breath of the soul in every situation. Through Christ, believers have continual access to the Father, making such unceasing communion possible (Hebrews 4:16).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 6
- Rom 12:12Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;
- Col 4:2Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving;
- Eph 6:18Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;
- Luke 18:1And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;
- Luke 21:36Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.
- 1 Pet 4:7But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.
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