“Every prayer that we offer up to God is made either in thanks for what we have received or in petition to receive something else. We are encouraged to pray both for ourselves and for those we love. So Paul says, "I make mention of you in my prayer." "Therefore my chief prayer is first on my account, then on yours."”
Gaius Marius Victorinus, 4th c. — EPISTLE TO THE EPHESIANS 1.1.16
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16Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers;
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14Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.
15Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love unto all the saints,
— Ephesians 1:16 —
17That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:
18The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,