Psalms 34:15

34:15 The Lord pays attention to the godly

and hears their cry for help. ¹ 

Isaiah 65:24

65:24 Before they even call out, ²  I will respond;

while they are still speaking, I will hear.

John 20:17

20:17 Jesus replied, ³  “Do not touch me, for I have not yet ascended to my Father. Go to my brothers and tell them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’”

Romans 8:5

8:5 For those who live according to the flesh have their outlook shaped by ⁴  the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit have their outlook shaped by the things of the Spirit.

Ephesians 3:14

Prayer for Strengthened Love

3:14 For this reason ⁵  I kneel ⁶  before the Father, ⁷ 

¹ tn Heb “the eyes of the Lord [are] toward the godly, and his ears [are] toward their cry for help.”

² tn The verb that introduces this verse serves as a discourse particle and is untranslated; see note on “in the future” in 2:2.

³ tn Grk “Jesus said to her.”

⁴ tn Grk “think on” or “are intent on” (twice in this verse). What is in view here is not primarily preoccupation, however, but worldview. Translations like “set their mind on” could be misunderstood by the typical English reader to refer exclusively to preoccupation.

⁵ sn For this reason resumes the point begun in v. 1, after a long parenthesis.

⁶ tn Grk “I bend my knees.”

⁷ tc Most Western and Byzantine witnesses, along with a few others (א² D F G Ψ 0278 1881 Ï lat sy), have “of our Lord Jesus Christ” after “Father,” but such an edifying phrase cannot explain the rise of the reading that lacks it, especially when the shorter reading is attested by early and important witnesses such as Ì⁴⁶ א* A B C P 6 33 81 365 1175 1739 co Or Hier.