Editing Intercession of saints (section)

===Intercession of the living for the dead===
{{See also|Prayer for the dead}}
Some interpret [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+Timothy+1%3A16%E2%80%9318&version=NIV 2 Timothy 1:16–18] to support prayer for the dead: "The Lord give mercy unto the house of [[Onesiphorus]]; for he oft refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain: But, when he was in Rome, he sought me out very diligently, and found me. The Lord grant unto him that he may find mercy of the Lord in that day: and in how many things he ministered unto me at Ephesus, thou knowest very well."

The [[Deuterocanonical books|deuterocanonical book]] [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+Maccabees+12%3A43-46&version=DRA 2 Maccabees 12:43–46] speaks explicitly about the prayer of the living for the dead: "And making a gathering, he sent twelve thousand drachms of silver to Jerusalem for sacrifice to be offered for the sins of the dead, thinking well and religiously concerning the resurrection, (For if he had not hoped that they that were slain should rise again, it would have seemed superfluous and vain to pray for the dead,) And because he considered that they who had fallen asleep with godliness, had great grace laid up for them. It is therefore a holy and wholesome thought to pray for the dead, that they may be loosed from sins."