1Tim 2:1 Cross References

1 Timothy 2:1

1: I urge you, first of all, to pray for all people. As you make your requests, plead for God's mercy upon them, and give thanks.

Pray like this: Our Father in heaven, may your name be honored.
May your Kingdom come soon. May your will be done here on earth, just as it is in heaven.

Dear brothers and sisters, we always thank God for you, as is right, for we are thankful that your faith is flourishing and you are all growing in love for each other.

Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The earnest prayer of a righteous person has great power and wonderful results.

The Lord's servants must not quarrel but must be kind to everyone. They must be able to teach effectively and be patient with difficult people.

And you will always give thanks for everything to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

May God be merciful and bless us. May his face shine with favor upon us.
May your ways be known throughout the earth, your saving power among people everywhere.
May the nations praise you, O God. Yes, may all the nations praise you.
How glad the nations will be, singing for joy, because you govern them with justice and direct the actions of the whole world.

Thank God! Once you were slaves of sin, but now you have obeyed with all your heart the new teaching God has given you.

They must not speak evil of anyone, and they must avoid quarreling. Instead, they should be gentle and show true humility to everyone.

God overlooked people's former ignorance about these things, but now he commands everyone everywhere to turn away from idols and turn to him.

But a woman who is a true widow, one who is truly alone in this world, has placed her hope in God. Night and day she asks God for help and spends much time in prayer.

Our great desire is that you will keep right on loving others as long as life lasts, in order to make certain that what you hope for will come true.

"And when foreigners hear of you and come from distant lands to worship your great name--
for they will hear of you and of your mighty miracles and your power--and when they pray toward this Temple,
then hear from heaven where you live, and grant what they ask of you. Then all the people of the earth will come to know and fear you, just as your own people Israel do. They, too, will know that this Temple I have built bears your name.

I passed on to you what was most important and what had also been passed on to me--that Christ died for our sins, just as the Scriptures said.

And may the Lord make your love grow and overflow to each other and to everyone else, just as our love overflows toward you.

Let me say first of all that your faith in God is becoming known throughout the world. How I thank God through Jesus Christ for each one of you.

Bless his glorious name forever! Let the whole earth be filled with his glory. Amen and amen!

So we have urged Titus, who encouraged your giving in the first place, to return to you and encourage you to complete your share in this ministry of giving.

Abraham approached him and said, "Will you destroy both innocent and guilty alike?
Suppose you find fifty innocent people there within the city--will you still destroy it, and not spare it for their sakes?
Surely you wouldn't do such a thing, destroying the innocent with the guilty. Why, you would be treating the innocent and the guilty exactly the same! Surely you wouldn't do that! Should not the Judge of all the earth do what is right?"
And the LORD replied, "If I find fifty innocent people in Sodom, I will spare the entire city for their sake."
Then Abraham spoke again. "Since I have begun, let me go on and speak further to my Lord, even though I am but dust and ashes.

So please don't despair because of what they are doing to me here. It is for you that I am suffering, so you should feel honored and encouraged.

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