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1 Timothy 2

1 Tim. 2:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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I βexhort
parakaleo (Greek #3870)
to call near, i.e. invite, invoke (by imploration, hortation or consolation)
KJV usage: beseech, call for, (be of good) comfort, desire, (give) exhort(-ation), intreat, pray.
Pronounce: par-ak-al-eh'-o
Origin: from 3844 and 2564
therefore
oun (Greek #3767)
(adverbially) certainly, or (conjunctionally) accordingly
KJV usage: and (so, truly), but, now (then), so (likewise then), then, therefore, verily, wherefore.
Pronounce: oon
Origin: apparently a primary word
, that
poieo (Greek #4160)
to make or do (in a very wide application, more or less direct)
KJV usage: abide, + agree, appoint, X avenge, + band together, be, bear, + bewray, bring (forth), cast out, cause, commit, + content, continue, deal, + without any delay, (would) do(-ing), execute, exercise, fulfil, gain, give, have, hold, X journeying, keep, + lay wait, + lighten the ship, make, X mean, + none of these things move me, observe, ordain, perform, provide, + have purged, purpose, put, + raising up, X secure, shew, X shoot out, spend, take, tarry, + transgress the law, work, yield. Compare 4238.
Pronounce: poy-eh'-o
Origin: apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary
, first
proton (Greek #4412)
firstly (in time, place, order, or importance)
KJV usage: before, at the beginning, chiefly (at, at the) first (of all).
Pronounce: pro'-ton
Origin: neuter of 4413 as adverb (with or without 3588)
of all
pas (Greek #3956)
apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole
KJV usage: all (manner of, means), alway(-s), any (one), X daily, + ever, every (one, way), as many as, + no(-thing), X thoroughly, whatsoever, whole, whosoever.
Pronounce: pas
Origin: including all the forms of declension
, supplications
deesis (Greek #1162)
a petition
KJV usage: prayer, request, supplication.
Pronounce: deh'-ay-sis
Origin: from 1189
, prayers
proseuche (Greek #4335)
prayer (worship); by implication, an oratory (chapel)
KJV usage: X pray earnestly, prayer.
Pronounce: pros-yoo-khay'
Origin: from 4336
, intercessions
enteuxis (Greek #1783)
an interview, i.e. (specially) supplication
KJV usage: intercession, prayer.
Pronounce: ent'-yook-sis
Origin: from 1793
, and giving of thanks
eucharistia (Greek #2169)
gratitude; actively, grateful language (to God, as an act of worship)
KJV usage: thankfulness, (giving of) thanks(-giving).
Pronounce: yoo-khar-is-tee'-ah
Origin: from 2170
, be made
poieo (Greek #4160)
to make or do (in a very wide application, more or less direct)
KJV usage: abide, + agree, appoint, X avenge, + band together, be, bear, + bewray, bring (forth), cast out, cause, commit, + content, continue, deal, + without any delay, (would) do(-ing), execute, exercise, fulfil, gain, give, have, hold, X journeying, keep, + lay wait, + lighten the ship, make, X mean, + none of these things move me, observe, ordain, perform, provide, + have purged, purpose, put, + raising up, X secure, shew, X shoot out, spend, take, tarry, + transgress the law, work, yield. Compare 4238.
Pronounce: poy-eh'-o
Origin: apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary
for
huper (Greek #5228)
"over", i.e. (with the genitive case) of place, above, beyond, across, or causal, for the sake of, instead, regarding; with the accusative case superior to, more than
KJV usage: (+ exceeding, abundantly) above, in (on) behalf of, beyond, by, + very chiefest, concerning, exceeding (above, -ly), for, + very highly, more (than), of, over, on the part of, for sake of, in stead, than, to(-ward), very. In the comparative, it retains many of the above applications.
Pronounce: hoop-er'
Origin: a primary preposition
all
pas (Greek #3956)
apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole
KJV usage: all (manner of, means), alway(-s), any (one), X daily, + ever, every (one, way), as many as, + no(-thing), X thoroughly, whatsoever, whole, whosoever.
Pronounce: pas
Origin: including all the forms of declension
men
anthropos (Greek #444)
man-faced, i.e. a human being
KJV usage: certain, man.
Pronounce: anth'-ro-pos
Origin: from 435 and ὤψ (the countenance; from 3700)
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β
or, desire.

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Ministry on This Verse

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1-8:  That it is meet to pray and give thanks for all men, and the reason why.
9-11:  How women should be attired.
12-14:  They are not permitted to teach.
15:  They shall be saved, notwithstanding the testimonies of God's wrath, in childbirth, if they continue in faith.
exhort.
or, desire.
2 Cor. 8:6• 6So that we begged Titus that, according as he had before begun, so he would also complete as to you this grace also; (2 Cor. 8:6)
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Eph. 3:13• 13Wherefore I beseech you not to faint through my tribulations for you, which is your glory. (Eph. 3:13)
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Heb. 6:11• 11But we desire earnestly that each one of you shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end; (Heb. 6:11)
first.
1 Cor. 15:3• 3For I delivered to you, in the first place, what also I had received, that Christ died for our sins, according to the scriptures; (1 Cor. 15:3)
supplications.
1 Tim. 5:5• 5Now she who is a widow indeed, and is left alone, has put her hope in God, and continues in supplications and prayers night and day. (1 Tim. 5:5)
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Gen. 18:23‑32• 23And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also cause the righteous to perish with the wicked?
 24There are perhaps fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not forgive the place for the sake of the fifty righteous that are therein?
 25Far be it from thee to do so, to slay the righteous with the wicked, that the righteous should be as the wicked--far be it from thee! Will not the Judge of all the earth do right?
 26And Jehovah said, If I find at Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will forgive all the place for their sakes.
 27And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have ventured to speak unto the Lord; I, who am dust and ashes.
 28Perhaps there may want five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all the city on account of the five? And he said, If I shall find forty-five there, I will not destroy it.
 29And he continued yet to speak with him, and said, Perhaps there may be forty found there. And he said, I will not do it for the forty's sake.
 30And he said, Oh, let not the Lord be angry that I speak! Perhaps there may be thirty found there. And he said, I will not do it if I find thirty there.
 31And he said, Behold now, I have ventured to speak with the Lord. Perhaps there may be twenty found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for the twenty's sake.
 32And he said, Oh, let not the Lord be angry, that I speak yet but this time! Perhaps there may be ten found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for the ten's sake. (Gen. 18:23‑32)
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1 Kings 8:41‑43• 41And as to the stranger also, who is not of thy people Israel, but cometh out of a far country for thy name's sake
 42(for they shall hear of thy great name, and of thy mighty hand, and of thy stretched-out arm); when he shall come and pray toward this house,
 43hear thou in the heavens thy dwelling-place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for; in order that all peoples of the earth may know thy name, and that they may fear thee as do thy people Israel; and that they may know that this house which I have built is called by thy name. (1 Kings 8:41‑43)
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Psa. 67:1‑4• 1To the chief Musician. On stringed instruments. A Psalm: a Song. God be gracious unto us, and bless us, and cause his face to shine upon us; Selah,
 2That thy way may be known upon earth, thy salvation among all nations.
 3Let the peoples praise thee, O God, let all the peoples praise thee.
 4Let the nations rejoice and sing for joy: for thou wilt judge the peoples equitably; and the nations upon earth, thou wilt guide them. Selah. (Psa. 67:1‑4)
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Psa. 72:19• 19And blessed be his glorious name for ever! and let the whole earth be filled with his glory! Amen, and Amen. (Psa. 72:19)
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Matt. 6:9‑10• 9Thus therefore pray *ye*: Our Father who art in the heavens, let thy name be sanctified,
 10let thy kingdom come, let thy will be done as in heaven so upon the earth; (Matt. 6:9‑10)
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James 5:16• 16Confess therefore your offences to one another, and pray for one another, that ye may be healed. The fervent supplication of the righteous man has much power. (James 5:16)
and.
Rom. 1:8• 8First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is proclaimed in the whole world. (Rom. 1:8)
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Rom. 6:17• 17But thanks be to God, that ye were bondmen of sin, but have obeyed from the heart the form of teaching into which ye were instructed. (Rom. 6:17)
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Eph. 5:20• 20giving thanks at all times for all things to him who is God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, (Eph. 5:20)
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Phil. 1:3• 3I thank my God for my whole remembrance of you, (Phil. 1:3)
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2 Thess. 1:3• 3We ought to thank God always for you, brethren, even as it is meet, because your faith increases exceedingly, and the love of each one of you all towards one another abounds; (2 Thess. 1:3)
all men.
1 Tim. 2:4• 4who desires that all men should be saved and come to the knowledge of the truth. (1 Tim. 2:4)
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Acts 17:30• 30God therefore, having overlooked the times of ignorance, now enjoins men that they shall all everywhere repent, (Acts 17:30)
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1 Thess. 3:12• 12But you, may the Lord make to exceed and abound in love toward one another, and toward all, even as we also towards you, (1 Thess. 3:12)
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2 Tim. 2:24• 24And a bondman of the Lord ought not to contend, but be gentle towards all; apt to teach; forbearing; (2 Tim. 2:24)
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Titus 2:11• 11For the grace of God which carries with it salvation for all men has appeared, (Titus 2:11)
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Titus 3:2• 2to speak evil of no one, not to be contentious, to be mild, shewing all meekness towards all men. (Titus 3:2)
• here we find an exhortation to every variety of prayer on the broad basis of God's relationship with all mankind. (“On 1 Timothy 2:1-4” by W. Kelly)
• “Supplication" implies earnestness in pressing the suit of need; "prayer" is more general and puts forward our wishes; "intercession" means the exercise of free and confiding intercourse, whether for ourselves or for others; and "thanksgiving " tells out the heart's sense of favor bestowed or counted on. (“On 1 Timothy 2:1-4” by W. Kelly)
• It is not here the counsels of God in all their immense extent and heavenly glory, but rather what is consistent with the nature of God revealed in Christ and published everywhere by the gospel. Such is the character of our epistle, and the ground on which the apostle insists upon a spirit of peace on the one hand and godly order on the other. (“On 1 Timothy 2:1-4” by W. Kelly)
• The Jewish spirit might look on Gentile kings as enemies, and on Gentiles in general as unworthy of divine favor. The persecution of which Christians were the object gave the flesh occasion to nourish these dispositions and to enter into the spirit of the law. (“1 Timothy 2” by J.N. Darby)
• Here, where the Church is viewed as the vessel for the testimony of the grace of God, we are to pray with supplication "for all men". (“The Order of God's House: 1 Timothy 2-3” by H. Smith)
• The petitions that ascend to God from His House are to be marked by "supplications" or earnest pleadings for special needs arising in particular circumstances; by "prayers", which express general desires appropriate for all times; by "intercessions," implying that believers are in that nearness to God that can plead on behalf of others; and lastly, by "thanksgiving" that speaks of a heart conscious of the goodness of God that delights to answer the prayers of His people. (“The Order of God's House: 1 Timothy 2-3” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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I exhort therefore, first of all, that supplications, prayers, intercessionsg, thanksgivings be made for all men;

JND Translation Notes

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Personal and confiding intercourse with God on the part of one able to approach him, as Rom. 8.27,34; Heb. 7.25.

W. Kelly Translation

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I exhort, therefore, first of alla, that supplicationsb, prayers, intercessions, thanksgivings, be made for all men,

WK Translation Notes

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a
The KJV wrongly connects "first of all" with the making supplications. The apostle means that he thus exhorts, as being first of all in his mind for his present purpose.
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"Supplication" implies earnestness in pressing the suit of need; "prayer" is more general and puts forward wants and wishes; "intercession" means the exercise of free and confiding intercourse, whether for ourselves or for others; and "thanksgiving" tells out the heart’s sense of favour bestowed or counted on.