1 Therefore I exhort first of all that you make supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings for everyone,
2 for kings and for all who are in authority, that we may lead a quiet and peaceful life in all godliness and honesty,
3 for this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior,
4 who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.