1 Timothy 2

1 Timothy 2:1

I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men;

I exhort therefore, brethren, that, first of all, when ye meet together in your public assemblies, ye join together in all kind of prayers and holy devotions; both those, whereby we sue to prevent and avoid evils that may befall us; and those, wherein we sue for all blessings that we want; and those, wherein we entreat for the good of all others; and those, wherein we give thanks, for our own good, and the good of the whole Church;

1 Timothy 2:2

For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.

But, especially, let your prayers and thanksgivings be for Kings, and for all that are in authority over you, that, through God’s blessing upon their government, we may lead a quiet and peaceable life, &c.

1 Timothy 2:4

Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.

And, thus general would God have your prayers and intercessions to be, because he hath excluded no sorts or conditions of men from the capacity of heaven, or from the means of salvation; so as it is not for us to reject or condemn any, as irrecoverably cast away by him, and uncapable of our prayers, since he hath revealed his will to be thus large and gracious.

1 Timothy 2:5

For there is one God, and one Mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;

For as there is but one God, and mankind is but as one corrupted mass; so there is but one Mediator betwixt God and mankind, even that Man and God, Jesus Christ, who, having taken the nature of man upon him, for the working of this reconciliation, hath therein made no difference of Jews or Gentiles, of great or mean, but calleth all indifferently;

1 Timothy 2:6

Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time.

And gave himself accordingly, to be a ransom for all; so as the world should, in due time, see and know what an open way is made by him for their salvation; a ransom sufficient for the redemption of all mankind, and perfectly effectual to all that believe.

1 Timothy 2:7

Whereunto I am ordained a preacher, and an apostle.

Of which wonderful and merciful redemption I am, through the grace of God, ordained a preacher, and an apostle. VOL. IV. H h

1 Timothy 2:8

I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands without wrath and doubting.

By virtue of this my Apostolical charge and function, I do therefore ordain and will, that men do not confine their devotion to any one place; but that, as occasion offers itself, they pray every where; looking not so much to these outward circumstances, as to the inward devotion of the heart, that they pray in holiness, in charity, in faith.

1 Timothy 2:9

Not with broidered hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array.

Not in a fashion, that may argue either wantonness, or curious niceness, or pride.

1 Timothy 2:12

But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.

For I suffer not a woman, though she be endued with gifts fit for the instruction of others, to teach publicly in the congregation: nor yet at home to take upon her, to govern and rule her husband; but, in a modest silence, to receive his instruction and commands.

1 Timothy 2:13

For Adam was first formed, then Eve.

For Adam had the priority in his very creation: he was first formed; and then Eve was formed of the substance taken from him.

1 Timothy 2:14

And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression.

And Adam, as he was the first in creation, so he was not the first in transgression; neither was Adam deceived immediately by the serpent, but the woman.

1 Timothy 2:15

Notwithstanding she shall be saved in childbearing, if they continue in faith and charity and holiness with sobriety.

But, though the woman hath, by her yieldance to the suggestion of the serpent, brought upon man and herself so great sin and misery, and though I allow her not to take upon her public offices; yet there is employment for her at home, wherein she may so demean herself, as may be pleasing unto God: and, in that very punishment which God inflicted upon her, he hath given her just cause and means of comfort; for God shall make those her painful conceptions, and the care and anxiety which she undergoes in the education and nurture of her charge, good means to bring her to salvation: but the main condition and help to that her future glory, is the continuance (of that sex, as well as the other) in faith, charity, and holiness with sobriety.