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1 Timothy 2

1 Timothy 2:1

A Call to Prayer · 1 Timothy 2:1–8
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Translations

Modern
First of all, then, I urge that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgiving be offered for everyone—
Traditional
I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men;
Literal
I exhort, therefore, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings to be made for all men,
Latin
Obsecro igitur primum omnium fieri obsecrationes, orationes, postulationes, gratiarum actiones, pro omnibus hominibus:

Original

Greek
English
First of all, then, I urge that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgiving be offered for everyone—

Notes

1 Timothy 2:1

everyone: The prayers of the false teachers and their followers did not align with God's will to save all kinds of people (2:3–4).

1 Timothy 2:1–7

Here, prayer focuses on the church’s mission. This suggests that false teachers damaged the church's reputation in society and hindered its mission to non-Jewish people (see 3:6–7; 6:1; Titus 2:5).

1 Timothy 2:1–15

This passage first covers prayer and then the behavior of men and women (2:1–7; 8–10). It ends with the topic of women and teaching (2:11–15).

1 Timothy 2:1–3:13

Paul addresses how false teachers influenced behavior in God's household, the church (3:15). Corruption had influenced worship, roles related to gender, and leadership within this community (2:1–15; 3:1–13).

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Paul (Saul)

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Intercession of Christ Timothy, First Letter to

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