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1 Timothy 2:1

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Instructions to Pray for All People

2Therefore, I urge first of all that petitions, prayers, requests, and thanksgiving be made on behalf of all people,

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1 Timothy 2:1–2: First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people, for kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and dignified in every way.

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In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people,

Copyright 2001 Crossway Bibles

NIVNew International Version (2011)

I urge, then, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for all people—

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CSBChristian Standard Bible

First of all, then, I urge that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for everyone,

Copyright 2017 Holman Bible Publishers

NLTNew Living Translation

I urge you, first of all, to pray for all people. Ask God to help them; intercede on their behalf, and give thanks for them.

Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved.

KJV 1900King James Version

I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men;

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