1 Timothy 2:3
This is good and pleasing in the sight of God our Savior,
BSB
ASV
This is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour;
KJV
For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour;
Prayer for all, both unbelievers and heretics, is what the word "this" points to. This is also "good" by nature, because we are all of one and the same nature, and it is also "pleasing" to God.
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 willeth all men to be saved. It is strange that any whom he has actually saved should doubt the universality of his grace!
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 that we should pray for it. If there were no provision made for their salvation, or if he was unwilling that they should be saved, it could not be agreeable to him that we should offer prayer for them.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
The walk8
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
Through
1 Peter 2:5you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
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built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus Himself as the cornerstone.
But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.
For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, God’s building.
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Hebrews 13:16And do not neglect to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased.
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Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and especially to the family of faith.
But as for you, brothers, do not grow weary in well-doing.
Share with the saints who are in need. Practice hospitality.
For God is not unjust. He will not forget your work and the love you have shown for His name as you have ministered to the saints and continue to do so.
Continue in brotherly love.
