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单词 to pray in the spirit
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to pray in (also by) the Spirit
(c) to pray in (also by) the Spirit: to pray in accordance with the Holy Spirit's guidance or prompting, (in some Christian circles) using extemporary prayer and (in recent times) speaking in ‘tongues’. Hence prayer in the Spirit, praying in the Spirit.Cf. 1 Corinthians 14:15, ‘I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also’ (King James Bible).
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1540 L. Ridley Comm. vpon Sayncte Paules Epyst. to Ephesyans vi. sig. Q.1 He sheweth that we muste oftymes pray in the spyryte for this armour & be diligent & feruent in prayer feruently desyrynge of god this armoure.
1647 Mercurius Pragmaticus No. 2. 4 They have been so used to those set formes, that hold altogether impossible to pray by the spirit.
1671 R. McWard True Non-conformist 243 I might take notice of the inaccuracy of your expression, of prayingby the Spirit; whereas the Scripture-phrase, is, to worship in Spirit.
1708 T. Dorrington Disc. on Praying by Spirit 11 And therefore by praying in the Spirit here, must be meant hearty, earnest, and serious Prayer..: Praying with Reverence and godly Fear... This is praying in the Spirit, or by the Spirit, even the Spirit of Grace and Supplications.
1848 J. Brown Expository Disc. First Epist. Peter III. iii. 408 There is no prayer in the true sense of the word, but ‘prayer in the Spirit’.
1972 W. Samarin Tongues Men & Angels ii. 22 One person says that praying in tongues has become such a part of her life that she wakes up at night and her ‘mind is praying in the Spirit’.
2013 C. A. W. Wallace House of Prayer iii. 33 My cell leader said she believed that the Lord was saying that I should pray in the Spirit for about an hour every day.
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