Likewise 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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Romans 8:24-28
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8:26 groanings that cannot be expressed in words: This might refer to speech that does not take the form of human language, such as when believers, uncertain of what to pray, utter meaningless sounds in prayer. The groanings in question are the Spirit’s, not ours. When we do not know how to pray, the Spirit is interceding for us before God.
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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, Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.
For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father.
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