Always in every prayer of mine for you all making request with joy,
Parallel translations
- WEB always in every request of mine on behalf of you all making my requests with joy,
- BSB In every prayer for all of you, I always pray with joy,
- NKJV always in every prayer of mine making request for you all with joy,
- NASB always offering prayer with joy in my every prayer for you all,
- NLT Whenever I pray, I make my requests for all of you with joy,
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Quick answer
Paul prays for the Philippians constantly and does so with joy. Intercession and gladness belong together in the Christian life.
Overview
His prayers are not duty-bound drudgery but a delight, marked by joy even amid suffering. The repeated "all" shows his affection embraces the entire congregation without favoritism. Joy is a keynote of Philippians, and here it springs from love expressed in prayer.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 13
- 1 Th 1:2We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers;
- Rom 1:9For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers;
- 2 Jn 1:4I rejoiced greatly that I found of thy children walking in truth, as we have received a commandment from the Father.
- Phil 2:2Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.
- Eph 1:14–23Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.
- Phil 1:9–11And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment;
- 1 Th 2:19–20For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Are not even ye in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming?
- Phil 3:18(For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ:
- Col 2:5For though I be absent in the flesh, yet am I with you in the spirit, joying and beholding your order, and the stedfastness of your faith in Christ.
- Phil 4:1Therefore, my brethren dearly beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, my dearly beloved.
- Phlm 1:7For we have great joy and consolation in thy love, because the bowels of the saints are refreshed by thee, brother.
- Luke 15:7I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance.
- Luke 15:10Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth.
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