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THE
PRAYERS OF ST. PAUL

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REV. W. H. GRIFFITH THOMAS, D.D.
PROFESSOR OF OLD TESTAMENT LITERATURE AND EXEGESIS
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CONTENTS

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I. GRACE AND HOLINESS 1
1 Thessalonians iii. 11-13

II. CONSECRATION AND PRESERVATION 15
1 Thessalonians v. 23, 24

III. APPROBATION AND BLESSING 27
2 Thessalonians i. 11, 12

IV. LOVE AND PEACE 39
2 Thessalonians iii. 5, R.V.; 2 Thessalonians iii. 16

V. KNOWLEDGE AND OBEDIENCE 55
Colossians i. 9-12

VI. CONFLICT AND COMFORT 73
Colossians ii. 1, 2

VII. WISDOM AND REVELATION 89
Ephesians i. 15-19

VIII. STRENGTH AND INDWELLING 109
Ephesians iii. 14-19

IX. LOVE AND DISCERNMENT 125
Philippians i. 9-11

APPENDIX 139

INDEX 143

One of the most valuable elements in the Epistles of St. Paul is their
revelation of the writer's spiritual life. While they are necessarily
doctrinal and theologica