1 Timothy 2:1

American Standard Version (1901)

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

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Παρακαλῶ οὖν, πρῶτον πάντων, ποιεῖσθαι δεήσεις, προσευχάς, ἐντεύξεις, εὐχαριστίας, ὑπὲρ πάντων ἀνθρώπων·

Transliteration

I parakalō therefore, first of all, to poieisthai deēseis, proseuchas, enteuxeis, eucharistias, hyper all anthrōpōn;

Grammar Details

• *parakalō*: present active indicative, 1st singular - I urge/exhort/beseech
• *poieisthai*: present middle infinitive - to make/do (for oneself)
• *deēseis*: accusative, feminine, plural - petitions/supplications
• *proseuchas*: accusative, feminine, plural - prayers
• *enteuxeis*: accusative, feminine, plural - intercessions/requests
• *eucharistias*: accusative, feminine, plural - thanksgivings
• *hyper*: preposition + genitive - for/on behalf of
• *anthrōpōn*: genitive, masculine, plural - men/humans/mankind

Word Meanings

• *parakalō*: urge/exhort/beseech/encourage
• *poieisthai*: to make/do/perform/offer
• *deēseis*: petitions/supplications/entreaties
• *proseuchas*: prayers/devotions
• *enteuxeis*: intercessions/petitions/requests/meetings
• *eucharistias*: thanksgivings/gratitude
• *anthrōpōn*: humans/mankind/people

Referenced Verses

• 2 Tim 2:24 : 24 And the Lord's servant must not strive, but be gentle towards all, apt to teach, forbearing,
• 1 Tim 2:4 : 4 who would have all men to be saved, and come to the knowledge of the truth.
• Titus 3:2 : 2 to speak evil of no man, not to be contentious, to be gentle, showing all meekness toward all men.
• Jas 5:16 : 16 Confess therefore your sins one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The supplication of a righteous man availeth much in its working.
• Heb 6:11 : 11 And we desire that each one of you may show the same diligence unto the fulness of hope even to the end:
• 1 Tim 5:5 : 5 Now she that is a widow indeed, and desolate, hath her hope set on God, and continueth in supplications and prayers night and day.
• Titus 2:11 : 11 For the grace of God hath appeared, bringing salvation to all men,
• Gen 18:23-32 : 23 And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou consume the righteous with the wicked? 24 Peradventure there are fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou consume and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein? 25 That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked, that so the righteous should be as the wicked; that be far from thee: shall not the Judge of all the earth do right? 26 And Jehovah said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sake. 27 And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, who am but dust and ashes: 28 peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of five? And he said, I will not destroy it, if I find there forty and five. 29 And he spake unto him yet again, and said, Peradventure there shall be forty found there. And he said, I will not do it for the forty's sake. 30 And he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak: peradventure there shall thirty be found there. And he said, I will not do it, if I find thirty there. 31 And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord: peradventure there shall be twenty found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for the twenty's sake. 32 And he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once: peradventure ten shall be found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for the ten's sake.
• 1 Kgs 8:41-43 : 41 Moreover concerning the foreigner, that is not of thy people Israel, when he shall come out of a far country for thy name's sake 42 (for they shall hear of thy great name, and of thy mighty hand, and of thine outstretched arm); when he shall come and pray toward this house; 43 hear thou in heaven thy dwelling-place, and do according to all that the foreigner calleth to thee for; that all the peoples of the earth may know thy name, to fear thee, as doth thy people Israel, and that they may know that this house which I have built is called by my name.
• Ps 67:1-4 : 1 [For the Chief Musician; on stringed instruments. A Psalm, a Song]. God be merciful unto us, and bless us, [And] cause his face to shine upon us; {{Selah 2 That thy way may be known upon earth, Thy salvation among all nations. 3 Let the peoples praise thee, O God; Let all the peoples praise thee. 4 Oh let the nations be glad and sing for joy; For thou wilt judge the peoples with equity, And govern the nations upon earth. {{Selah
• Ps 72:19 : 19 And blessed be his glorious name for ever; And let the whole earth be filled with his glory. Amen, and Amen.
• Matt 6:9-9 : 9 After this manner therefore pray ye. Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. 10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so on earth.
• Acts 17:30 : 30 The times of ignorance therefore God overlooked; but now he commandeth men that they should all everywhere repent:
• Rom 1:8 : 8 First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is proclaimed throughout the whole world.
• Rom 6:17 : 17 But thanks be to God, that, whereas ye were servants of sin, ye became obedient from the heart to that form of teaching whereunto ye were delivered;
• 1 Cor 15:3 : 3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which also I received: that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;
• 2 Cor 8:6 : 6 Insomuch that we exhorted Titus, that as he made a beginning before, so he would also complete in you this grace also.
• Eph 3:13 : 13 Wherefore I ask that ye may not faint at my tribulations for you, which are your glory.
• Eph 5:20 : 20 giving thanks always for all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God, even the Father;
• Phil 1:3 : 3 I thank my God upon all my remembrance of you,
• 1 Thess 3:12 : 12 and the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all men, even as we also [do] toward you;
• 2 Thess 1:3 : 3 We are bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren, even as it is meet, for that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the love of each one of you all toward one another aboundeth;