Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
This [is] good and acceptable before God our Savior,
New American Standard Bible
This is good and acceptable in the sight of
King James Version
For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour;
Holman Bible
This is good, and it pleases God our Savior,
International Standard Version
This is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior,
A Conservative Version
For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior,
American Standard Version
This is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour;
Amplified
This [kind of praying] is good and acceptable and pleasing in the sight of God our Savior,
An Understandable Version
This is good and acceptable [behavior] in the sight of God our Savior,
Anderson New Testament
For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior,
Bible in Basic English
This is good and pleasing in the eyes of God our Saviour;
Common New Testament
This is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior,
Daniel Mace New Testament
for such offices are commendable, and agreeable to God our saviour,
Darby Translation
for this is good and acceptable before our Saviour God,
Godbey New Testament
This is beautiful and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour;
Goodspeed New Testament
It is right to do this, and it pleases God our Savior,
John Wesley New Testament
For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour,
Julia Smith Translation
For this good and acceptable before our Saviour God;
King James 2000
For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior;
Modern King James verseion
For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior,
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For that is good and accepted in the sight of god our saviour,
Moffatt New Testament
it is good to pray thus, it is acceptable to our Saviour,
Montgomery New Testament
For this is good and pleasing in the eyes of our Saviour God,
NET Bible
Such prayer for all is good and welcomed before God our Savior,
New Heart English Bible
For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior;
Noyes New Testament
For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour,
Sawyer New Testament
For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour,
The Emphasized Bible
This, is comely and acceptable before our Saviour God,
Thomas Haweis New Testament
For this is becoming, and acceptable before God our Saviour;
Twentieth Century New Testament
This will be good and acceptable in the eyes of God, our Savior,
Webster
For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior;
Weymouth New Testament
This is right, and is pleasing in the sight of God our Saviour,
Williams New Testament
This is the right thing to do and it pleases God our Saviour,
World English Bible
For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior;
Worrell New Testament
This is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior,
Worsley New Testament
For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour:
Youngs Literal Translation
for this is right and acceptable before God our Saviour,
Interlinear
Touto
References
Word Count of 37 Translations in 1 Timothy 2:3
Verse Info
Context Readings
Instructions To Pray For All People
2 on behalf of kings and all those who are in authority, in order that we may live a tranquil and quiet life in all godliness and dignity. 3 This [is] good and acceptable before God our Savior, 4 who wants all people to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth.
Cross References
1 Timothy 1:1
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus according to the command of God our Savior and of Christ Jesus our hope,
Luke 1:47
and my spirit has rejoiced greatly in God my Savior,
1 Timothy 5:4
But if any widow has children or grandchildren, they must learn to show profound respect for their own household first, and to pay back recompense to their parents, for this is pleasing in the sight of God.
Isaiah 45:21
Declare and present [your case], also let them consult together! Who {made this known} from {former times}, declared it from {of old}? [Was it] not I, Yahweh? And there is no [other] god besides [me], a righteous God besides me, and no savior besides me.
Romans 12:1-2
Therefore I exhort you, brothers, through the mercies of God, to present your bodies [as] a living sacrifice, holy [and] pleasing to God, [which is] your reasonable service.
Romans 14:18
For the one who serves Christ in this [way] [is] well-pleasing to God and approved by people.
Ephesians 5:9-10
(for the fruit of the light [is] in all goodness and righteousness and truth),
Philippians 1:11
having been filled [with the] fruit of righteousness which [comes] through Jesus Christ to the glory and praise of God.
Philippians 4:18
But I have received everything [in full] and have an abundance; {I am well supplied} [because] I received from Epaphroditus {what you had sent}, a fragrant offering, an acceptable sacrifice, well-pleasing to God.
Colossians 1:10
so that you may live in a manner worthy of the Lord, {to please [him] in all respects}, bearing fruit in every good deed and increasing in the knowledge of God,
1 Thessalonians 4:1
Finally therefore, brothers, we ask you and appeal to [you] in the Lord Jesus that, just as you have received from us how it is necessary for you to live and to please God, just as indeed you are living, that you progress even more.
2 Timothy 1:9
who saved us and called [us] with a holy calling, not according to our works but according to his own purpose and grace that was given to us in Christ Jesus {before time began},
Hebrews 13:16
And do not neglect doing good and generosity, for God is pleased with such sacrifices.
1 Peter 2:5
And [you] yourselves, as living stones, are being built up [as] a spiritual house for a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
1 Peter 2:20
For what credit [is it] if, [when you] sin and are beaten [for it], you endure? But if you endure [when you] do good and suffer [for it], this [finds] favor with God.