1 Timothy 2:1-8 - Instructions To Pray For All People

¹ First of all, then, I urge that entreaties, prayers, petitions, and thanksgivings be offered for all men, ² for emperors and all who are in authority, so that we may live tranquil, quiet lives, with perfect piety and probity. ³ It is right to do this, and it pleases God our Savior, ⁴ who wants all men to be saved and to come to know the truth.

⁵ For there is but one God, and one intermediary between God and men??he man Christ Jesus, ⁶ who gave himself as a ransom for all men. This is what was testified to at the proper times,

⁷ and I was appointed a herald and apostle of it?? am telling the truth, I am not lying??o teach the heathen faith and truth.

⁸ I want the men everywhere to offer prayer, lifting to heaven hands that are holy, without any angry disputes.