“ For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour; ”
For this is good and acceptable - That is, it is good and acceptable to God that we should pray for all people. The reason is, that he desires their salvation, and hence it is agreeable to him th...
(3) For this [is] good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour; (3) Another argument, why churches or congregations ought to pray for all men, without any difference of nation, type, age, or...
1 Timothy 2:1 to 1 Timothy 3:16 . The Charge Respecting Church Regulations. ( a ) 1 Timothy 2:1-15 . Public Worship. 1 Timothy 2:1-7 . Public Prayer. Paul requires, as of first importanc...
acceptable . Greek. apodektos . Only here and 1 Timothy 5:4 . God. App-98. Saviour . See 1 Timothy 1:1 .
3 For this is good and acceptable before God. After having taught that what he enjoined is useful, he now brings forward a stronger argument — that it pleases God; for when we know what is Hi...
DISCOURSE: 2228 SALVATION FOR ALL 1 Timothy 2:3-4 . God our Saviour…will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth . IT is truly lamentable to see how men, in every...
For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour; This is good and acceptable - Prayer for all legally constituted authorities is good in itself, because useful to ourselves and to t...
For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour; This - praying for all men. Acceptable in the sight of God - not merely before men, as if we sought mainly their favour ( 2...
Concerning Prayer, Thanksgiving, and the Place of Women 1-8. The second charge to Timothy—to teach those over whom he was set to use public prayer and intercession.
For this is good and acceptable. — That prayer be offered for all sorts and conditions of men is good and acceptable before God. In the sight of God our Saviour. — Here, as in 1 Timothy 1:1 , t...
Prayer and Modest Adorning 1 Timothy 2:1-15 The Apostle especially urged intercessory prayer, because it meant so much to himself. Three different words are used of prayer, because there are so...
The apostle then turned to the public devotions of the Church. As the Church is the medium for proclamation of the doctrine of truth, so also is it the instrument of intercession as between men and G...
(1) В¶ I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; (2) For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a q...
BISHOPS AND PEOPLE ‘I exhort … that … prayers … be made … for all that are in authority.’ 1 Timothy 2:1-2 It is a hard thing to be in authority. The man in authority must live his whole life...
For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour. Not only to live peaceably and quietly under the government men are, since that is the ordination of God, and to live soberly, right...
For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour; Ver. 3. For this is good, &c. ] viz. This praying for all men. And should we not frame to that which God accepts without que...
For kings Especially; and for all that are in authority “That is, for the ministers and counsellors of kings, and for the inferior magistrates, by whatever name they may be called, seeing even th...
We have seen in chapter 1 that the grace of God must predominate as the one principle of true blessing, and the one corrective when falsehood threatens. Chapter 2 now calls for an attitude consistent...
Universal Prayer Recommended. A. D. 64. 1 I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplication...
To pray for all, as well our enemies as our friends, especially for princes, and such as are in places of magistracy and authority, is good, being according to the will and commandment of God, and...
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES 1 Timothy 2:1 . Supplications, prayers, intercessions. —The first is a special form of the second. Intercession is prayer in its most individual and urgent form—pr...
Saviour ( See Scofield) - ( Romans 1:16 ).
1 Timothy 2:1 . I exhort therefore, that supplications and prayers be made for all men for kings, and all that are in authority. Civil government is in its own nature paternal: it is designed to p...
In the sight of God our Saviour. The Saviour God Prayer is not everything, but it is “good.” Effort is not everything, but it is “good.” Fervent prayer and earnest work, blended in a good man’s...
EXPOSITION 1 Timothy 2:1 First of all , that for that , first of all , A.V.; thanksgivings for and giving of thanks . A.V. I exhort therefore. The insertion of the connecting...
An Admonition to Pray for All Men on the Basis of Christ's Atoning Death For whom Christians should pray and why:
1 Peter 2:20 ; 1 Peter 2:5 ; 1 Thessalonians 4:1 ; 1 Timothy 1:1 ; 1 Timothy 5:4 ; 2 Timothy 1:9 ; Colossians 1:10 ; Ephesians 5:10 ; Ephesians 5:9 ; Hebrews 13:16 ; Isaiah 45:21 ; Luke 1...
For this — That we pray for all men. Do you ask, "Why are not more converted?" We do not pray enough. Is acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour — Who has actually saved us that believe, and wil...