The Lord’s Prayer
The Lord’s Prayer is a key prayer and teaching by Jesus of traditional and devotional importance to the Christian faith.
Pray like this:
Matthew 6:9-13 WEB
“‘Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy.
10 Let your Kingdom come.
Let your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
11 Give us today our daily bread.
12 Forgive us our debts,
as we also forgive our debtors.
13 Bring us not into temptation,
but deliver us from the evil one.
For yours is the Kingdom, the power, and the glory forever. Amen.
The Address
Textual Studies
Our Father in heaven,
Πάτερ ἡμῶν ὁ ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς
father – our – the (one) – in – the – heavens
Commentary & Systematics
“Father” and “heaven” form a paradox or [2] Dialectic of proximity: a father is close and intimate connection, and yet he dwells in heaven — a dimensional reality outside our everyday experience.
may your name be kept holy.
The Objective