1 Timothy 2:1-8 - Instructions To Pray For All People
1 First of all, then, I urge you to offer to God petitions, prayers, intercessions, and expressions of thanks for all people, 2 for kings, and for everyone who has authority, so that we might lead a quiet and peaceful life with all godliness and dignity. 3 This is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior, 4 who wants all people to be saved and to come to know the truth fully.
5 There is one God. There is also one mediator between God and human beings a human, the Messiah Jesus. 6 He gave himself as a ransom for everyone, the testimony at the proper time.
7 For this reason I was appointed to be an announcer, an apostle, and a faithful and true teacher of the gentiles. (I am telling you the truth. I am not lying.)
8 Therefore, I want the men everywhere to pray, lifting up holy hands without being angry or argumentative.