26Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.
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For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you.
Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;
And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.
And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;
But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost, …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 26-28)The apostle here suggests two privileges more to which true Christians are entitled:— I. The help of the Spirit in prayer. While we are in this world, hoping and waiting for what we see not, we must be praying. Hope supposes desire, and that desire offered up to God is prayer; we groan. Now observe, 1. Our weakness in prayer: We know not what we should pray for as we ought . (1.) As to the matter…
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