1 Therefore, I urge first of all that petitions, prayers, requests, and thanksgiving be made on behalf of all people,
2 on behalf of kings and all those who are in authority, in order that we may live a tranquil and quiet life in all godliness and dignity.
3 This is good and acceptable before God our Savior,
4 who wants all people to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth.
5 For there is one God and one mediator between God and human beings, the man Christ Jesus,
6 who gave himself a ransom for all, the testimony at the proper time,
7 for which I was appointed a herald and an apostle—I am speaking the truth, I am not lying—a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.