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He who searches the hearts knows what is on the Spirit`s mind, because he makes intercession for the saints according to God.
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God Understands Your Heart
Commentators emphasize that "he that searcheth the hearts" is God the Father. This verse offers profound comfort: even when your prayers are just formless "groanings" (v. 26), God perfectly understands them. He knows the "mind of the Spirit" who is interceding within you, meaning your deepest, unspoken needs and desires are heard and accepted by the Father.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
And he that searches the hearts. This is God. To search the heart is one of his attributes which cannot be communicated to a creature ([Re…
He that searcheth (ο εραυνων). God (1 Samuel 16:7).
According to the will of God (κατα θεον). …
19th Century
Anglican
God recognizes the voice of His own Spirit, because the prayers that the Spirit prompts are in strict accordance with His will.
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Baptist
And he who searches the hearts knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because he makes intercession for the saints according to the will of God.…
At length Paul arrives at the final ministry of the Spirit mentioned in this chapter, his work of intercession. “In the same way” seems to link thi…
16th Century
Protestant
But he who searches hearts, etc. This is a remarkable reason for strengthening our confidence that we are heard by God when we pr…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And he that searcheth the hearts This is peculiar to God, and a "periphrasis" of him; angels, neither good nor bad, …
Though the infirmities of Christians are many and great, so that they would be overpowered if left to themselves, yet the Holy Spirit supports them…
13th Century
Catholic
After demonstrating the excellence of future glory from the longing of creation, the Apostle now demonstrates the same from the longing o…
