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Put this in your protestant pipe and smoke it, Daniel:

Paul Prayed to Saints

The Apostle Paul, (Saint Paul, that is) explicitly asks saints to pray for him in the Bible, just as Catholics today do. The reader may be astonished, but the claim is true. St. Paul prayed to saints. Here’s proof:

“Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints which are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus.” (Eph. 1:1 KJV)

Here is St. Paul writing to the Ephesians. He calls them saints. At the end of the book of Ephesians (6:18-19), he tells these saints to pray for him:

“Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints; And for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly…” (KJV)

“...to the saints which are at Ephesus...”

Pretty sure the folks Paul was writing to were still alive.

The Apostle Paul, (Saint Paul, that is) explicitly asks saints to pray for him in the Bible, just as Catholics today do. The reader may be astonished, but the claim is true. St. Paul prayed to saints. Here’s proof: “Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints which are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus.” (Eph. 1:1 KJV) Here is St. Paul writing to the Ephesians. He calls them saints. At the end of the book of Ephesians (6:18-19), he tells these saints to pray for him: “Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints; And for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly…” (KJV)

ET! "Saints" is what all believers are called,*
and Paul is not writing to the departed but to the Ephesians which he is addressing.

This is such as a ludicrous ignorant attempt to support PTCBIH that is simply testifies again to the desperation of Catholics in trying to justify a practice that should be easily and explicitly supported, in the light of over 200 prayers by believers in the Bible and there have always been plenty of created beings to pray to, and needful opportunities to do so or to give thanks to such.

*Mat. 27:52, Act. 9:13, Act. 9:32, Act. 9:41, Act. 26:10, Rom. 1:7, Rom. 8:27, Rom. 12:13, Rom. 15:25-26 (2), Rom. 15:31, Rom. 16:2, Rom. 16:15, 1Co. 1:2, 1Co. 6:1-2 (2), 1Co. 14:33, 1Co. 16:1, 1Co. 16:15, 2Co. 1:1, 2Co. 8:4, 2Co. 9:1, 2Co. 13:12-13 (2), Eph. 1:1, Eph. 1:15, Eph. 2:18-19 (2), Eph. 3:8, Eph. 3:18, Eph. 4:12, Eph. 5:3, Eph. 6:18, Phi. 1:1, Phi. 4:22, Col. 1:2, Col. 1:4, Col. 1:12, Col. 1:26, 1Th. 3:13, 2Th. 1:10, Phm. 1:5, Phm. 1:7, Heb. 6:10, Heb. 13:24, Jud. 1:3, Jud. 1:14, Rev. 5:8, Rev. 8:3-4 (2), Rev. 11:18, Rev. 13:7, Rev. 13:10, Rev. 14:12, Rev. 15:3, Rev. 17:6 (2), Rev. 18:24, Rev. 20:8-9 (2)

People who are so obviously ignorant of the Word of God should:

1. Shut up until they,

2. Study... and rightly divide it.

Using e.g. Eph 1:1 that way DEMONstrates ignorance.