1 Timothy 2:1
Good News Translation
First of all, then, I urge that petitions, prayers, requests, and thanksgivings be offered to God for all people;

New Revised Standard Version
First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for everyone,

Contemporary English Version
First of all, I ask you to pray for everyone. Ask God to help and bless them all, and tell God how thankful you are for each of them.

New American Bible
First of all, then, I ask that supplications, prayers, petitions, and thanksgivings be offered for everyone,

Douay-Rheims Bible
I desire therefore, first of all, that supplications, prayers, intercessions and thanksgivings be made for all men:

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I desire therefore, first of all, that supplications, prayers, intercessions and thanksgivings be made for all men:

exhort.

2 Corinthians 8:6 Insomuch, that we desired Titus, that, as he had begun, so also he would finish among you this same grace.

Ephesians 3:13 Wherefore I pray you not to faint at my tribulations for you, which is your glory.

Hebrews 6:11 And we desire that every one of you shew forth the same carefulness to the accomplishing of hope unto the end:

first.

1 Corinthians 15:3 For I delivered unto you first of all, which I also received: how that Christ died for our sins, according to the scriptures:

supplications.

1 Timothy 5:5 But she that is a widow indeed, and desolate, let her trust in God and continue in supplications and prayers night and day.

Genesis 18:23-32 And drawing nigh, he said: Wilt thou destroy the just with the wicked? . . .

1 Kings 8:41-43 Moreover also the stranger, who is not of thy people Israel, when he shall come out of a far country for thy name's sake, (for they shall hear every where of thy great name, and thy mighty hand, . . .

Psalm 67:1-4 Unto the end, in hymns, a psalm of a canticle for David. [2] May God have mercy on us, and bless us: may he cause the light of his countenance to shine upon us, and may he have mercy on us. . . .

Psalm 72:19 And blessed be the name of his majesty for ever: and the whole earth shall be filled with his majesty. So be it. So be it.

Matthew 6:9,10 Thus therefore shall you pray: Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. . . .

James 5:16 Confess therefore your sins one to another: and pray one for another, that you may be saved. For the continual prayer of a just man availeth much.

and.

Romans 1:8 First, I give thanks to my God, through Jesus Christ, for you all: because your faith is spoken of in the whole world.

Romans 6:17 But thanks be to God, that you were the servants of sin but have obeyed from the heart unto that form of doctrine into which you have been delivered.

Ephesians 5:20 Giving thanks always for all things, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to God and the Father:

Philippians 1:3 I give thanks to my God in every remembrance of you:

2 Thessalonians 1:3 We are bound to give thanks always to God for you, brethren, as it is fitting, because your faith groweth exceedingly and the charity of every one of you towards each other aboundeth.

all men.

1 Timothy 2:4 Who will have all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.

Acts 17:30 And God indeed having winked at the times of this ignorance, now declareth unto men that all should every where do penance.

1 Thessalonians 3:12 And may the Lord multiply you and make you abound in charity towards one another and towards all men: as we do also towards you,

2 Timothy 2:24 But the servant of the Lord must not wrangle: but be mild toward all men, apt to teach, patient,

Titus 2:11 For the grace of God our Saviour hath appeared to all men:

Titus 3:2 To speak evil of no man, not to be litigious but gentle: shewing all mildness towards all men.

Context
A Call to Prayer
1I desire therefore, first of all, that supplications, prayers, intercessions and thanksgivings be made for all men: 2For kings and for all that are in high station: that we may lead a quiet and a peaceable life in all piety and chastity.…
Cross References
Ezra 6:10
And let them offer oblations to the God of heaven, and pray for the life of the king, and of his children.

Jeremiah 29:7
And seek the peace of the city, to which I have caused you to be carried away captives; and pray to the Lord for it: for in the peace thereof shall be your peace.

Ephesians 6:18
By all prayer and supplication praying at all times in the spirit: and in the same watching with all instance and supplication for all the saints:

Philippians 4:6
Be nothing solicitous: but in every thing, by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your petitions be made known to God.

1 Timothy 5:5
But she that is a widow indeed, and desolate, let her trust in God and continue in supplications and prayers night and day.

1 Timothy 1:20
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