pray without ceasing;
Pray without ceasing.
continually pray ye;
pray unceasingly;
1 Thessalonians — Paul's earliest letter. Thanksgiving for a young church's faith, and plain teaching on holy living and the return of Christ.
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We should keep up stated times for prayer, and continue instant in prayer. We should pray always, and not faint: pray without weariness, and continue in prayer, till we come to that world where prayer shall be swallowed up in praise. The meaning is not that men should do nothing but pray, but that nothing else we do should hinder prayer in its proper season.
Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan
The Greek is, "Pray without intermission"; without allowing prayerless gaps to intervene between the times of prayer.
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed
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Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;
Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving;
Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;
And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;
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