[padfoot_lover]

I ask them to pray FOR me, just as Paul asked Timothy and the other believers to pray for him.

[savedbygrace]

Timothy and the other believers were still alive on the earth. That's a crucial distinction. You're praying to those who have died. Yes, they are alive forever in heaven, but they died, and they are not God.

[savedbygrace]

But once again you avoided answering the question. What's your scriptural reference for praying to saints, those who have died in Christ?

If you're just going to talk around this and not answer, it will be easy to conclude you have none.