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Day by Day Devotional - Year 5 of 5
1 Timothy 2:1-15
Before all "these things" about which he is going to write to Timothy (1 Timothy 3:14; 1 Timothy 4:6; 1 Timothy 4:11 . . .), the apostle puts prayer in all its different forms. That is how all Christian service begins. God’s desire to save, the work of Christ, and our prayers embrace all men. Our duty is to pray for all without restriction because God wishes that all should be saved and because Christ Jesus gave Himself as a ransom for all. It is our privilege to pray for the multitudes who do not know how to do so.
Whether we can lead a quiet and peaceable life depends on "all that are in authority". Let us ask God to guarantee it to us through them, not so as to waste it satisfying our sinful desires but to be free to concern ourselves with the salvation of sinners (Ezra 6:10).
The brothers, including the youngest, are called to pray everywhere and publicly in the assembly. The sisters on the other hand remain silent. But by their attitude and modest dress, they can witness more powerfully than through words. The consequences of the fall abide for the woman (Genesis 3:16), but faith, love, holiness and modesty still witness to the world of deliverance and blessing.
