1 Timothy 2:3
This is good and acceptable before God our savior.
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour;
In Context
4He desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.
Cross References
Isaiah 45:21Come close and declare it to me, bring the evidence! Let them conspire together. 1 Who has shown this from long ago? Who announced it? 1 Was it not I, Yahweh? There is no God except me, a just God and a Savior; there is no one besides me. 1
Romans 12:1I urge you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God. This is your reasonable service.
Ephesians 5:9(for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness, and truth),
Philippians 4:18I have received everything in full, and even more. I have been well-supplied now that I have received from Epaphroditus the things you sent. They are a sweet-smelling aroma, a sacrifice acceptable and pleasing to God.
1 Thessalonians 4:1Finally, brothers, we encourage and exhort you in the Lord Jesus. As you received instructions from us about how you must walk and please God, also in this way walk, so that you do so even more.
1 Timothy 5:4But if a widow has children or grandchildren, let them first learn to show honor in their own household. Let them repay their parents, because this is pleasing to God.
Matthew Henry on 1 Timothy 2:2-9
Universal Prayer Recommended. ( a. d. 64.) 1 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 quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty. 3 For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour; 4 Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth. 5 For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ… Read the whole commentary →