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

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Translations

Louis Segond 1910

J'exhorte donc, avant toutes choses, à faire des prières, des supplications, des requêtes, des actions de grâces, pour tous les hommes,

KJV

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

Patristic reading

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  • Polycarp

    Epistula ad Philippenses

    L.ιεσυμ ξηριστυμ ετ ιν ιπσιυς πατρεμ, #3υι Gal 1, 1 ρεσυσξιταϝιτ ευμ α μορτυις. προ ομνιβυς σανξτις I Tim. 2, 1. 2 Mt. 5, 44; Luke 6, 27 Phil. 8, 18 Joh. 15, 16; 1 Tim. 4, 15 James 1, 4 ορατε. ορατε ετιαμ προ ρεγιβυς ετ ποτεστατιβυς ετ πρινξιπιβυς ατ#3υε προ περσε#3υεντιβυς ετ οδ…
  • Eusebius of Caesarea

    Historia Ecclesiastica

    ὁ δείλαιος τῆς τούτων καθιστὰς ὑπὲρ αὐτοῦ πρὸς τὸν θεὸν εὐχῆς, ἢν ὑπὲρ ἁπάντων αὐτοῖς ποιεῖσθαι Cf. 1 Tim 2,1.2 πάτριον μάθημα τυγχάνει· εἶτα δὲ τοὺς κατὰ πόλιν ατρατιώτας ἐκκρίνεσθαι καὶ ἀποβάλλεσθαι τοῦ τῆς τιμῆς ἀξιώματος, εἰ μὴ τοῖς δαίμοσιν θύειν αἱροῖντο, παρακελεύεται. Καὶ…
  • Thomas Aquinas

    Summa Theologica

    gs are unfittingly placed after the others. On the contrary, suffices the authority of the Apostle ( 1 Tim. 2:1 ). I answer that, Three conditions are requisite for prayer. First, that the person who prays should approach God Whom he prays: this is signified in the word "prayer,"…

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