Supplications, Prayers, Intercessions, and Thanksgiving
Tagged: Christian
The passage
Paul urges that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgiving be made for all people, for kings and for all who are in high positions, so that believers may lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and dignified in every way.
Where it stands
First Timothy is Paul's letter to Timothy in Ephesus on the ordering of the church's life. Chapter 2 opens the instructions on the church's public worship, and prayer for all people, rulers included, is its first charge.
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