1 Timothy 2:1-8

The Voice

2 So, first and foremost, I urge God’s people to pray. They should make their requests, petitions, and thanksgivings on behalf of all humanity. ²Teach them to pray for kings (or anyone in high places for that matter) so that we can lead quiet, peaceful lives—reverent, godly, and holy— ³all of which is good and acceptable before the eyes of God our Savior ⁴who desires for everyone to be saved and know the truth. ⁵Because

There is one God and one Mediator between God and us—
the man Jesus, God’s Anointed,
⁶Who gave His life as a ransom for all
so that we might have freedom.

The testimony was given to me at just the right time. ⁷This is exactly what I was appointed to do—tell everyone His story—as a herald, an emissary,^[a] a teacher of the outsiders in faith and the truth. (Listen, I promise it’s all true. I’m not lying.)

⁸So here’s what you tell them; here’s what I want to see: Men, pray wherever you are. Reach your holy hands to heaven—without rage or conflict—completely open.

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