A call to prayer | Valaau ia tatalo.

Prayer was practiced both individually and corporately (; ; ; ; ; ). According to the last passage, men led in public prayer in the church (for the word in v. 8 is males). Whether women also prayed in public worship depends on one’s interpretation of . Paul may have been allowing such a practice, or he may have only been acknowledging that it happened at Corinth without approving it.

The prayer life of the NT provides a pattern from which the modern church can learn, both in terms of the importance of prayer, and also matters for prayer.

Prayer was at the center of the life of the early church.

E tatalo pe a o mai faatasi. ()

Sa tatalo i le filifili ina ma le faauuina o ta’ita’i o le Ekalesia. ()

Sa tatalo i taimi o puapuaga. ()

Sa tatalo mo le faamalologa. ()

The apostles’ teaching on prayer in church life.

Faatauaina o le tatalo. ()

Tatalo mo le faalauteleina o le Tala Lelei. ()

Tatalo mo tagata mama’i. ()

Tatalo mo tagata agasala. (,)

Tatalo mo auauna a le Atua. ()

We are called to pray without ceasing. | Ua valaauina i tatou e tatalo e le aunoa.

Prayer, our priority. / Tatalo o le tatou matafaioi.

v.1 “O lenei, e muamua i mea uma, ia tatalo.

urgency, faanatinati: ia faia

olega, tatalo, faatoga, ma faafetai mo tagata uma.

Tatalo mo tagata uma lava.

Tupu ma ta’ita’i o le malo.

For kings—an effectual confutation of the adversaries who accused the Christians of disaffection to the ruling powers (; ).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, and David Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, vol. 2 (Oak Harbor, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc., 1997), 407.

Prayer is pleasing to God. / Tatalo e malie i le Atua.

aisea?: ina ia nonofo ma le le atuatuvale ma le filemu. (everyone live peacefully)

i le amio Atua ma le amio matagofie.

2. Prayer is pleasing to God. / Tatalo e malie i le Atua.

Prayer for all to be saved and know the truth. | Tatalo ia faaolaina tagata uma ma iloa le Upu Moni.

v. 4 “O le finagalo ina ia

faaolaina o tagata.

ma iloa le upu moni.

v.6 O le na foaifuaina o ia - He gave himself.

fai ma togiola mo tagata uma lava.