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Contexto literário

Orações nas cartas de Paulo: Ação de Graças

Orações nas cartas de Paulo: Ação de Graças

Faithlife Study Bible Prayers in Paul’s Letters

Thanksgiving for the recipients of his letters

Rom 1:8–9; 1 Cor 1:3–8; Eph 1:15–16; Phil 1:3–5; Col 1:3–8; 1 Thess 1:2–3; 2:13; 2 Thess 1:3–4; 2:13–14; 2 Tim 1:3; Phlm 4–6

Faithlife Study Bible Prayers in Paul’s Letters

Other prayers of thanksgiving

Rom 6:17–18; 7:25; 1 Cor 1:14; 14:18; 15:57; 2 Cor 1:3–4; 2:14; 8:16; 9:15; Eph 1:3–14; Col 1:12; 1 Tim 1:12–14

Faithlife Study Bible Chapter 1

1:3–11 It was common for Graeco-Roman letters to include a thanksgiving section, but Paul’s language here goes beyond the customary expression of gratitude. Ever since Paul first preached the gospel at Philippi (Acts 16:11–40), the believers there had been among his strongest supporters (Phil 1:5). He thinks of them with warmth and affection (vv. 7–8) and prays that their love and wisdom will grow (v. 9).