1Tim 2:1 Pray for Everyone

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Pray for Everyone

1Tim 2:1 Therefore I exhort first of all that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be made for all men

So far he's been focusing on right doctrine. But right doctrine goes hand in hand with prayer, just as he connects them in Eph 6:17,18"the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God; praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit."

Supplication speaks of asking for things.

Prayer "proseuche" speaks of the sacred and devote nature of such requests.

Intercessions speak of a sense of prayer in which one is meeting with God - conversing with God. (Example: John 17)

And giving thanks speaks of an attitude of gratitude.

These are not different styles of prayers, but rather different elements and attitudes of the one style. But in particular these Paul is instructing to be made a behalf of all men. All men? Yes, all men. "Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God" Php 4:6