Romans 8:26-27

Future Glory

²⁶ Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For _b we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but _c the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words. ²⁷ And _d he who searches hearts knows what is _e the mind of the Spirit, because ₁ the Spirit _f intercedes for the saints _g according to the will of God.

1. Cross References
   Matthew 20:22
   Jesus answered, "You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I am to drink?" They said to him, "We are able.
   James 4:3
   You ask and do not receive, because you ask wrongly, to spend it on your passions.
   
2. Cross References
   Zechariah 12:10
   And I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and pleas for mercy, so that, when they look on me, on him whom they have pierced, they shall mourn for him, as one mourns for an only child, and weep bitterly over him, as one weeps over a firstborn.
   Ephesians 6:18
   Praying at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication. To that end keep alert with all perseverance, making supplication for all the saints.
   John 14:16
   And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you forever.
   
3. Cross References
   1 Samuel 16:7
   But the Lord said to Samuel, "Do not look on hi...
   1 Chronicles 28:9
   And you, Solomon my son, know the God of your f...
   Proverbs 15:11
   Sheol and Abaddon lie open before the Lord ; ho...
   Proverbs 17:3
   The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is ...
   Jeremiah 11:20
   But, O Lord of hosts, who judges righteously, w...
   Jeremiah 17:10
   "I the Lord search the heart and test the mind,...
   Luke 16:15
   And he said to them, "You are those who justify...
   1 Thessalonians 2:4
   But just as we have been approved by God to be ...
   
4. Cross References
   Romans 8:6
   For to set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace.
   
5. Cross References
   Romans 8:34
   Who is to condemn? Christ Jesus is the one who died - more than that, who was raised - who is at the right hand of God, who indeed is interceding for us.
   
6. Cross References
   1 John 5:14
   And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us.