1 Timothy 2:1-7

1I exhort therefore, first of all, that supplications, prayers, intercessions, thanksgivings be made for all men;

2for kings and all that are in dignity, that we may lead a quiet and tranquil life in all piety and gravity;

3for this is good and acceptable before our Saviour 1God,

4who desires that all men should be saved and come to [the] knowledge of [the] truth.

5For 2God is one, and [the] mediator of 3God and men one, [the] man Christ Jesus,

6who gave himself a ransom for all, the testimony [to be rendered] in its own times;

7to which I have been appointed a herald and apostle, (I speak [the] truth, I do not lie,) a teacher of [the] nations in faith and truth.