1 Timothy 2:1-4

Amplified Bible, Classic Edition

2 First of all, then, I admonish and urge that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be offered on behalf of all men,

²For kings and all who are in positions of authority or high responsibility, that [outwardly] we may pass a quiet and undisturbed life [and inwardly] a peaceable one in all godliness and reverence and seriousness in every way.

³For such [praying] is good and right, and [it is] pleasing and acceptable to God our Savior,

⁴Who wishes all men to be saved and [increasingly] to perceive and recognize and discern and know precisely and correctly the [divine] Truth.

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1 Timothy 2:1-4

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2 I urge, then, first of all, that petitions, prayers,^(A) intercession and thanksgiving be made for all people— ²for kings and all those in authority,^(B) that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness^(C) and holiness. ³This is good, and pleases^(D) God our Savior,^(E) ⁴who wants^(F) all people^(G) to be saved^(H) and to come to a knowledge of the truth.^(I)