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Myles Coverdale Bible

1 Timothy 2:3

For that is good and accepted in ye sighte of God oure Sauioure,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Jesus Continued;   Minister, Christian;   Salvation;   Thompson Chain Reference - Sight, in God's;   The Topic Concordance - Desire;   God;   Goodness;   Prayer;   Salvation;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Prayer;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Election;   God;   Prayer;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Delight;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Christianity;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Timothy, the Second Epistle to;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Church;   Intercession;   Savior;   1 Timothy;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Prayer;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Acceptance;   Discipline;   Restoration;   Salvation Save Saviour;   Saviour (2);   Timothy;   Timothy and Titus Epistles to;   Worldliness;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Timothy, Epistles of Paul to;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for December 3;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
This is good, and it pleases God our Savior,
King James Version (1611)
For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Sauiour,
King James Version
For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour;
English Standard Version
This is good, and it is pleasing 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,
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,
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.
Darby Translation
for this is good and acceptable before our Saviour God,
Easy-to-Read Version
This is good and pleases 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:
Good News Translation
This is good and it pleases God our Savior,
Lexham English Bible
This is good and acceptable before God our Savior,
Literal Translation
For this is good and acceptable before 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;
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;
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;
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,
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;
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 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,
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,
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
Young's Literal Translation
for this [is] right and acceptable before God our Saviour,
Mace New Testament (1729)
for such offices are commendable, and agreeable to God our saviour,
Simplified Cowboy Version
These two things are what make the Boss smile.

Contextual Overview

1 I exhorte therfore, yt aboue all thinges, prayers, supplicacions, intercessions and geuynge of thakes be had for all men 2 for kynges, and for all that are in auctorite, that we maye lyue a quyete & peaceable life in all godlynes and honestie. 3 For that is good and accepted in ye sighte of God oure Sauioure, 4 which wil haue all men saued, and to come vnto the knowlege of ye trueth. 5 For there is one God, and one mediatour betwene God and men, (namely) the man Christ Iesus, 6 which gaue him selfe a raunsome for all men, that at his tyme it shulde be preached, 7 wherevnto I am ordeyned a preacher & an Apostle (I tell ye trueth in Christ and lye not) a teacher of the Heythe in faith and in the trueth. 8 I wil therfore that men praye in all places, liftinge vp pure hades without wrath or dowtynge.

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 thus in the seuenth daye God ended his worke, which he had made, & rested in the seuenth daye from all his workes which he had made:
Genesis 2:3
And blessed the seuenth daye, & sanctified it, because yt in it he rested from all his workes, which God created and made.
Genesis 2:4
These are the generacions of heaue and earth whan they were created, in the tyme whan the LORDE God made heauen and earth:
Genesis 2:7
And ye LORDE God shope man eue of the moulde of the earth, & brethed in to his face ye breth of life. And so was man made a lyuynge soule.
Genesis 2:8
The LORDE God also planted a garde of pleasure in Eden, towarde ye east, and set man therin whom he had made.
Genesis 2:10
And out of Eden there wente a ryuer, to water the garden, and there deuyded it selfe into foure heade waters.
Genesis 2:11
The first is called Phison, which renneth aboute all the londe of Heuyla.
Genesis 2:12
And there is founde golde, (& the golde of that countre is precious,) and there is founde Bedellion, and the precious stone Onix.
Genesis 2:13
The second water is called Gihon, which runneth aboute the whole londe of ye Morias.
Genesis 2:14
The thirde water is called Hydeckell, which runneth towarde the east syde of ye Assirias. The fourth water 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.


 
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