“Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;”
And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and petitions. Be alert and always keep on praying for all the Lord's people — the final command: proseuchō ('pray') en pneumati ('in the Spirit') pasē eukairiā ('at all times'), en pasē deēsei ('with all kinds of prayers'), agrupneō ('be alert'), repetition, and universal intercession: peri pantōn tōn hagiōn ('for all the saints').
Church Fathers on Ephesians 6:18
“With all prayer and supplication,” says he, “praying at all seasons in the Spirit, and watching thereunto in all perseverance and supplication for all the saints; and on my behalf that utterance may be given unto me, in opening my mouth to make known with boldness the mystery of the gospel, for which I am an ambassador in chains, that in it I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.” As the word of God has power to do all things, so also has he who has the spiritual gift.…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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