Pray for All People

First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people,

for kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and dignified in every way.

who desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.

who gave himself as a ransom for all, which is the testimony given at the proper time.

Let a woman learn quietly with all submissiveness.

He must manage his own household well, with all dignity keeping his children submissive,

Their wives likewise must be dignified, not slanderers, but sober-minded, faithful in all things.

For to this end we toil and strive, because we have our hope set on the living God, who is the Savior of all people, especially of those who believe.

Practice these things, immerse yourself in them, so that all may see your progress.

older women as mothers, younger women as sisters, in all purity.

She who is truly a widow, left all alone, has set her hope on God and continues in supplications and prayers night and day,

As for those who persist in sin, rebuke them in the presence of all, so that the rest may stand in fear.

Let all who are under a yoke as bondservants regard their own masters as worthy of all honor, so that the name of God and the teaching may not be reviled.

Those who have believing masters must not be disrespectful on the ground that they are brothers; rather they must serve all the better since those who benefit by their good service are believers and beloved.

False Teachers and True Contentment

Teach and urge these things.

For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evils. It is through this craving that some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pangs.

I charge you in the presence of God, who gives life to all things, and of Christ Jesus, who in his testimony before Pontius Pilate made the good confession,