Parallel Verses

Montgomery New Testament

For this is good and pleasing in the eyes of our Saviour God,

New American Standard Bible

This is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior,

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;

Lexham Expanded Bible

This [is] good and acceptable before 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,

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

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
For
γάρ 
Gar 
for, , not tr
Usage: 825

τοῦτο 
Touto 
Usage: 232

is good
καλός 
Kalos 
Usage: 62

and

and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0

ἀπόδεκτος 
Apodektos 
Usage: 2

in the sight of
ἐνώπιον 
Enopion 
before, in the sight of, in the presence of, in sight, in presence, to, not tr
Usage: 78

God
θεός 
theos 
Usage: 1151

our
ἡμῶν 
hemon 
our, us, we, not tr,
Usage: 388

Context Readings

Instructions To Pray For All People

2 for kings and all who are in authority, in order that we may lead a tranquil and peaceful life in all godliness an gravity. 3 For this is good and pleasing in the eyes of our Saviour God, 4 whose will it is that all men should be saved, and come into full knowledge of the truth.

Cross References

1 Timothy 1:1

Paul, and apostle of Jesus Christ by command of God our Saviour and Jesus Christ our Hope,

Luke 1:47

"My spirit exults in the God, who is my Saviour,

1 Timothy 5:4

but if any widow has children or grandchildren, let these learn to show their piety first toward their own household, and to make some return to their parents, for that is pleasing in God's sight.

Romans 12:1-2

I entreat you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies to Him as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God. This is your reasonable service of worship.

Romans 14:18

Those who are slaving for Christ devotedly in these ways, are well pleasing to God and highly commended by man.

Ephesians 5:9-10

Lead the life of children of light, for the fruit of the light consists in every kind of goodness and uprightness and truth.

Philippians 1:11

being filled with the fruit of righteousness through Jesus Christ to the glory and praise of God.

Philippians 4:18

But I give you a receipt in full for all things abound. I am amply supplied with what you sent by Epaphroditus??n odor of sweet fragrance, a sacrifice acceptable, well pleasing to God.

Colossians 1:10

that you may walk worthy of the Lord in every kind of pleasing; that you may be fruitful in every kind of good work, and may increase in the knowledge of God;

1 Thessalonians 4:1

Finally then, my brothers, I continue to beseech and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that, as you learned of me how to walk so as to please God??nd you are actually doing so??hat you abound in it yet more and more.

2 Timothy 1:9

He has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not dealing with us according to our works, but according to his purpose and grace which he gave us in Christ Jesus before the beginning of time.

Hebrews 13:16

And forget not to be kind and liberal; for with that sort of sacrifice God is well pleased.

1 Peter 2:5

And yourselves like living stones be built into a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood offering spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God, through Christ Jesus.

1 Peter 2:20

For what credit is it if, when you are struck for a fault, you take it patiently? But if when you are doing well and suffer for it, you always take it patiently, this is acceptable with God.

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