1 Timothy 2:3

Christian Standard Bible ®

This is good, and it pleases God our Savior,

Parallel Translations

New American Standard Bible (1995)
This is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior,

Legacy Standard Bible
This is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior,

Simplified Cowboy Version
These two things are what make the Boss smile.

Bible in Basic English
This is good and pleasing in the eyes of God our Saviour;

Darby Translation
for this is good and acceptable before our Saviour God,

World English Bible
For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God, our Savior;

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour,

Weymouth's New Testament
This is right, and is pleasing in the sight of God our Saviour,

King James Version (1611)
For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Sauiour,

Literal Translation
For this is good and acceptable before God our Savior,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
For that is good and accepted in ye sighte of God oure Sauioure,

Mace New Testament (1729)
for such offices are commendable, and agreeable to God our saviour,

Amplified Bible
This [kind of praying] is good and acceptable and pleasing in the sight of God our Savior,

American Standard Version
This is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour;

Revised Standard Version
This is good, and it is acceptable in the sight of God our Savior,

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
For that is good and accepted in the sight of god oure savioure

Update Bible Version
This is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior;

Webster's Bible Translation
For this [is] good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior;

Young's Literal Translation
for this [is] right and acceptable before God our Saviour,

New Century Version
This is good, and it pleases God our Savior,

New English Translation
Such prayer for all is good and welcomed before God our Savior,

Berean Standard Bible
This is good and pleasing in the sight of God our Savior,

Contemporary English Version
This kind of prayer is good, and it pleases God our Savior.

Complete Jewish Bible
This is what God, our Deliverer, regards as good; this is what meets his approval.

English Standard Version
This is good, and it is pleasing in the sight of God our Savior,

Geneva Bible (1587)
For this is good & acceptable in the sight of God our Sauiour,

George Lamsa Translation
For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour:

Hebrew Names Version
For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God, our Savior;

International Standard Version
This is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior,Romans 12:2; 1 Timothy 1:1; 5:4; 2 Timothy 1:9;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
For this is good and acceptable before Aloha our Saviour;

Murdock Translation
For this is good and acceptable before God our life-giver;

New King James Version
For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior,

New Living Translation
This is good and pleases God our Savior,

New Life Bible
It is good when you pray like this. It pleases God Who is the One Who saves.

English Revised Version
This is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour;

New Revised Standard
This is right and is acceptable in the sight of God our Savior,

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
This, is comely and acceptable before our Saviour God,

Douay-Rheims Bible
For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour,

King James Version
For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour;

Lexham English Bible
This is good and acceptable before God our Savior,

Bishop's Bible (1568)
For that is good and accepted in the syght of God our sauiour,

Easy-to-Read Version
This is good and pleases God our Savior.

New American Standard Bible
This is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior,

Good News Translation
This is good and it pleases God our Savior,

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
For this thing is good and acceptid bifor God,

Contextual Overview

¹ First of all, then, I urge that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for everyone, ² for kings and all those who are in authority, so that we may lead a tranquil and quiet life in all godliness and dignity. ³ This is good, and it pleases God our Savior, ⁴ who wants everyone to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. ⁵ For there is one God and one mediator between God and humanity, Christ Jesus, Himself human, ⁶ who gave Himself—a ransom for all, a testimony at the proper time. ⁷ For this I was appointed a herald, an apostle (I am telling the truth; I am not lying), and a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth. ⁸ Therefore, I want the men in every place to pray, lifting up holy hands without anger or argument.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

this: 1 Timothy 5:4, Romans 12:1, Romans 12:2, Romans 14:18, Ephesians 5:9, Ephesians 5:10, Philippians 1:11, Philippians 4:18, Colossians 1:10, 1 Thessalonians 4:1, Hebrews 13:16, 1 Peter 2:5, 1 Peter 2:20

God: 1 Timothy 1:1, Isaiah 45:21, Luke 1:47, 2 Timothy 1:9

Reciprocal: Ezekiel 3:9 - fear John 5:34 - that Acts 4:19 - Whether 1 Thessalonians 1:3 - in the Titus 1:3 - God Titus 3:4 - God

Cross-References

Genesis 2:2
By the seventh day God completed His work that He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work that He had done.

Genesis 2:3
God blessed the seventh day and declared it holy, for on it He rested from His work of creation.

Genesis 2:4
These are the records of the heavens and the earth, concerning their creation at the time that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens.

Genesis 2:7
Then the Lord God formed the man out of the dust from the ground and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils, and the man became a living being.

Genesis 2:8
The Lord God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, and there He placed the man He had formed.

Genesis 2:10
A river went out from Eden to water the garden. From there it divided and became the source of four rivers.

Genesis 2:11
The name of the first is Pishon, which flows through the entire land of Havilah, where there is gold.

Genesis 2:12
Gold from that land is pure; bdellium and onyx are also there.

Genesis 2:13
The name of the second river is Gihon, which flows through the entire land of Cush.

Genesis 2:14
The name of the third river is the Tigris, which runs east of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour. Not only to live peaceably and quietly under the government men are, since that is the ordination of God, and to live soberly, righteously, and godly, which his grace teaches; but to pray for all sorts of men, and for those who are set in the highest place of government, even though enemies and persecutors: this is good in itself, and in the sight of an omniscient God, who sees not as man seeth; and it is acceptable unto him through Jesus Christ, by whom every sacrifice of prayer or praise is so; for by God our Saviour is meant God the Father, who is the Saviour of all men, in a way of providence, and the Saviour of all the elect in a way of special grace; :-.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For this is good and acceptable - That is, it is good and acceptable to God that we should pray for all people. The reason is, that he desires their salvation, and hence it is agreeable to him that we should pray for it. If there were no provision made for their salvation, or if he was unwilling that they should be saved, it could not be agreeable to him that we should offer prayer for them.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Timothy 2:3. This is good and acceptable — Prayer for all legally constituted authorities is good in itself, because useful to ourselves and to the public at large, and it is acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour; and this is its highest sanction and its highest character: it is good; it is well pleasing to God.