1 Timothy 1:3 – As I urged you when I went into Macedonia – remain on Ephesus that you may charge some that they teach no other doctrine…

1 Timothy 1:3 – On my way to the province of Macedonia, I advised you to stay in Ephesus. Well, I haven’t changed my mind. Stay right there on top of things so that the teaching stays on track.

1 Timothy 1:18 – This charge I commit to you, son Timothy, according to the prophecies previously made concerning you, that by them you may wage good warfare,

1 Timothy 1:19 – having faith and a good conscience, which some having rejected, concerning the faith have suffered shipwreck,

1 Timothy 1:20 – of whom are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I delivered to Satan that they may learn not to blaspheme.

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“In shallow water they [the ships] commonly run aground; they hit a reef or rocks, and they are severely damaged and torn open. And then they fall in shallow water and then for centuries and in some cases millenniums, storms continue to pound on them, and they get rather obliterated by time, and then they're commonly discovered by divers who loot them, or fishermen that loot them.”

                                                              – Explorer Robert Ballard

“If we disregard the voice of conscience, allowing sin to remain unconfessed and unforsaken, our faith will not long survive.”

                                                                                  – John Stott

“A bad conscience is the mother of all heresies.” – John Calvin

1 Timothy 1:15 – Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

1 Timothy 1:16 – But shun profane and vain babblings, for they will increase to more ungodliness.

1 Timothy 1:17 – And their message will spread like cancer. Hymenaeus and Philetus are of this sort,

1 Timothy 1:18 – who have strayed concerning the truth, saying that the resurrection is already past; and they overthrow the faith of some.

1 Timothy 1:19 – Nevertheless the solid foundation of God stands, having this seal: “The Lord knows those who are His.” And “Let everyone who names the name of Christ depart from iniquity.”

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

Acts 2:42 – And they continued steadfastly in the apostle’s doctrine, and fellowship, in the breaking of bread, and in prayers.

1 Timothy 2:2a – for kings and all who are in authority,

 1 Timothy 2:2b – that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and reverence.

Acts 7: 57 – Then they cried out with a loud voice, stopped their ears, and ran at him with one accord;

Acts 7:58 – and they cast him out of the city and stoned him. And the witnesses laid down their clothes at the feet of a young man named Saul.

Acts 7:59 – And they stoned Stephen as he was calling on God and saying, Lord Jesus, received my spirit.”

Acts 7:60 – Then he knelt down and cried out with a loud voice, “Lord, do not charge them with this sin.” And when he had said this, he fell asleep.

“I sometimes wonder whether the comparatively slow progress toward peace and justice in the world, and towards world evangelization, is due more than anything to the prayerlessness of the people of God. When President Marcos was toppled in 1986, Filipino Christians attributed his downfall ‘not to people power but to prayer power.’”

                                                                                   – John Stott

“What might happen if God’s people throughout the world learned to wait upon Him in believing, persevering prayer?”

                                                                                     – John Stott

1 Timothy 2:3 – For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior,

1 Timothy 2:4 – who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.

John 3:17 – For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.

2 Peter 3:9 – The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance.

1 Timothy 2:5 – For there is one God and one mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus,

1 Timothy 2:6 – who gave Himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time,

1 Timothy 2:7 – for which I was appointed a preacher and an apostle– I am speaking the truth in Christ and not lying – a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.

1 Timothy 2:8 – Therefore I desire that the men pray everywhere, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting;

We pray for all men and those in authority – That we might live in peace. (v.2)

We pray for all men and those in authority – Because it pleases God. (v. 3)

We pray for all men – That they might be saved. (v.4)