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

¹ Well, my very first counsel is that supplications, prayers, petitions, and thanksgiving, are to be offered for all men ??2 for kings and all in authority, that we may lead a tranquil life in all piety and gravity; ³ it is good to pray thus, it is acceptable to our Saviour, ⁴ to the God who desires all men to be saved and to attain the knowledge of the Truth.

⁵ For "there is one God" and "one intermediary between God and men, ⁶ the man Christ Jesus who gave himself as a ransom for all": ??in due time this was attested,

⁷ and I was appointed to be its herald and apostle (I am not telling a lie, it is quite true), to teach the Gentiles faith and truth.

⁸ Now I want the men to offer prayer at any meeting of the church; and let the hands they lift to heaven be holy ??they must be free from anger and dissension.