1 Timothy 2:3

King James Version

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

Parallel Translations

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,

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

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

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

Easy-to-Read Version
This is good and 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;

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.

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;

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

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

English Revised Version
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,

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,

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,

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

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,

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

Good News Translation
This is good and it pleases 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,

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

Update Bible Version
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,

Bible in Basic English
This is good and pleasing in the eyes of 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 Life Bible
It is good when you pray like this. It pleases God Who is the One Who saves.

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 I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; ² For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty. ³ For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour; ⁴ Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth. ⁵ For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus; ⁶ Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time. ⁷ Whereunto I am ordained a preacher, and an apostle, (I speak the truth in Christ, and lie not;) a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and verity. ⁸ I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.

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
And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.

Genesis 2:3
And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.

Genesis 2:4
These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens,

Genesis 2:7
And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

Genesis 2:8
And the Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.

Genesis 2:10
And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads.

Genesis 2:11
The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;

Genesis 2:12
And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.

Genesis 2:13
And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia.

Genesis 2:14
And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it which goeth toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is 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.