Romans 8:26

Weymouth NT

In the same way the Spirit also helps us in our weakness; for we do not know what prayers to offer nor in what way to offer them. But the Spirit Himself pleads for us in yearnings that can find no words,

Cross References

Matthew 10:20

for it is not you who will speak: it will be the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.

Matthew 20:22

»None of you know what you are asking for,« said Jesus; »can you drink out of the cup from which I am about to drink?«»We can,« they replied.

Luke 22:44

while He –an agony of distress having come upon Him– prayed all the more with intense earnestness, and His sweat became like clots of blood dropping on the ground.

John 14:16

And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Advocate to be for ever with you–the Spirit of truth.

Romans 15:1

As for us who are strong, our duty is to bear with the weaknesses of those who are not strong, and not seek our own pleasure.

Romans 7:24

(Unhappy man that I am! who will rescue me from this death-burdened body?

Romans 8:15

You have not for the second time acquired the consciousness of being –a consciousness which fills you with terror. But you have acquired a deep inward conviction of having been adopted as sons– a conviction which prompts us to cry aloud, »Abba! our Father!«

2 Corinthians 5:2

For in this one we sigh, because we long to put on over it our dwelling which comes from Heaven–

2 Corinthians 5:4

Yes, we who are in this tent certainly do sigh under our burdens, for we do not wish to lay aside that with which we are now clothed, but to put on more, so that our mortality may be absorbed in Life.

Galatians 4:6

And because you are sons, God has sent out the Spirit of His Son to enter your hearts and cry »Abba! our Father!«

Ephesians 2:18

because it is through Him that Jews and Gentiles alike have access through one Spirit to the Father.

Ephesians 6:18

Pray with unceasing prayer and entreaty on every fitting occasion in the Spirit, and be always on the alert to seize opportunities for doing so, with unwearied persistence and entreaty on behalf of all God's people,

Hebrews 4:15

For we have not a High Priest who is unable to feel for us in our weaknesses, but one who was tempted in every respect just as we are tempted, and yet did not sin.

Hebrews 5:2

and must be one who is able to bear patiently with the ignorant and erring, because he himself also is beset with infirmity.

James 4:3

or you pray and yet do not receive, because you pray wrongly, your object being to waste what you get on some pleasure or another.