September 16, 2013, Reading

^{First Timothy 2:1-8}

^{1 I urge then, first of all that petitions, prayers, intercessions and thanksgiving should be offered for everyone,}

^{2 for kings and others in authority, so that we may be able to live peaceful and quiet lives with all devotion and propriety.}

^{3 To do this is right, and acceptable to God our Saviour:}

^{4 he wants everyone to be saved and reach full knowledge of the truth.}

^{5 For there is only one God, and there is only one mediator between God and humanity, himself a human being, Christ Jesus,}

^{6 who offered himself as a ransom for all. This was the witness given at the appointed time,}

^{7 of which I was appointed herald and apostle and — I am telling the truth and no lie — a teacher of the gentiles in faith and truth.}

^{8 In every place, then, I want the men to lift their hands up reverently in prayer, with noanger or argument.}