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First of all, then, I admonish and urge that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be offered on behalf of all men,
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For kings and all who are in positions of authority or high responsibility, that [outwardly] we may pass a quiet and undisturbed life (and inwardly) a peaceable one in all godliness and reverence and seriousness in every way.
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For such (praying) is good and right, and (it is) pleasing and acceptable to God our Savior,
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Who wishes all men to be saved and (increasingly) to perceive and recognize and discern and know precisely and correctly the (divine) Truth.