1 Timothy 2:3

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]

Parallel Translations

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

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

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

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

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

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;

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

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,

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

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

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.

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;

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

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

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

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;

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

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.

New Revised Standard
This is right and is acceptable 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:

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,

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

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

Christian Standard Bible®
This is good, and it pleases God our Savior,

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,

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

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

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,

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

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

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

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,

Contextual Overview

¹ First of all, then, I urge you to offer petitions, prayers, intercessions, and expressions of thanks for all people, ² for kings, and for everyone who has authority, so that we might lead a quiet and peaceful life with all godliness and dignity.seriousness">[fn]Ezra 6:10; Jeremiah 29:7; Romans 13:1;">[xr] ³ 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] ⁴ who wants all people to be saved and to come to a full knowledge of the truth.Ezekiel 18:23; John 3:16-17; 17:3; 2 Timothy 2:25; Titus 2:11; 2 Peter 3:9;">[xr] ⁵ There is one God. There is also one mediator between God and human beings - a human, Christ Jesus.Romans 3:29-30; 10:12; Galatians 3:20; Hebrews 8:6; 9:15;">[xr] ⁶ He gave himself as a ransom for all, a fact that was acknowledged at the right time.Matthew 20:28; Mark 10:45; Romans 5:6; 1 Corinthians 1:6; Galatians 4:4; Ephesians 1:7,9; 3:5; 2 Thessalonians 1:10; 2 Timothy 1:8; Titus 1:3; 2:14;">[xr] ⁷ For this reason I was appointed to be a preacher, an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth. (I am telling you the truth.the truth in Christ">[fn] I am not lying.)Romans 9:1; 11:13; 15:16; Galatians 1:16; Ephesians 3:7-8; 2 Timothy 1:11;">[xr] ⁸ Therefore, I want the men to offer prayers in every place, lifting up holy hands without being angry or argumentative.Psalm 134:2; Isaiah 1:15; Malachi 1:11; John 4:21;">[xr]

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

Mark 2:27
Then he said to them, "The Sabbath was made for people, not people for the Sabbath.

Luke 23:56
Then they went back and prepared spices and perfumes, and on the Sabbath they rested according to the commandment.Exodus 20:10; Mark 16:1;">[xr]

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.