¹ I exhort therefore, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and givings of thanks, be made for all men:

²⁴ The Lord's servant must not quarrel, but be gentle towards all, able to teach, patient,

¹⁶ Confess your offenses to one another, and pray one for another, that you may be healed. The effective, earnest prayer of a righteous man is powerfully effective.

² to speak evil of no one, not to be contentious, to be gentle, showing all humility toward all men.

⁴ who desires all people to be saved and come to full knowledge of the truth.

³ I thank my God whenever I remember you,

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,

³ We are bound to always give thanks to God for you, brothers,{The word for "brothers" here and where context allows may also be correctly translated "brothers and sisters" or "siblings."} even as it is appropriate, because your faith grows exceedingly, and the love of each and every one of you towards one another abounds;

⁵ Now she who is a widow indeed, and desolate, has her hope set on God, and continues in petitions and prayers night and day.

¹¹ For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all men,

¹¹ We desire that each one of you may show the same diligence to the fullness of hope even to the end,

²⁰ giving thanks always concerning all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to God, even the Father;

¹³ Therefore I ask that you may not lose heart at my troubles for you, which are your glory.

⁴¹ Moreover concerning the foreigner, who is not of your people Israel, when he shall come out of a far country for your name's sake

⁴² (for they shall hear of your great name, and of your mighty hand, and of your outstretched arm); when he shall come and pray toward this house;

⁴³ hear in heaven, your dwelling-place, and do according to all that the foreigner calls to you for; that all the peoples of the earth may know your name, to fear you, as does your people Israel, and that they may know that this house which I have built is called by my name.

¹ > May God be merciful to us, bless us, And cause his face to shine on us. Selah.

² That your way may be known on earth, And your salvation among all nations,

³ Let the peoples praise you, God. Let all the peoples praise you.

⁴ Oh let the nations be glad and sing for joy, For you will judge the peoples with equity, And govern the nations on earth. Selah.

¹⁹ Blessed be his glorious name forever! Let the whole earth be filled with his glory! Amen and amen.

⁹ Pray like this: 'Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy.

¹⁰ Let your Kingdom come. Let your will be done, as in heaven, so on earth.

³⁰ The times of ignorance therefore God overlooked. But now he commands that all people everywhere should repent,

⁸ First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, that your faith is proclaimed throughout the whole world.

¹⁷ But thanks be to God, that, whereas you were bondservants of sin, you became obedient from the heart to that form of teaching whereunto you were delivered.

³ For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,

⁶ So we urged Titus, that as he made a beginning before, so he would also complete in you this grace.

²³ Abraham drew near, and said, "Will you consume the righteous with the wicked?

²⁴ What if there are fifty righteous within the city? Will you consume and not spare the place for the fifty righteous who are therein?

²⁵ Be it far from you to do things like that, to kill the righteous with the wicked, that so the righteous should be as the wicked. May that be far from you. Shouldn't the Judge of all the earth do right?"

²⁶ Yahweh said, "If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sake."

²⁷ Abraham answered, "See now, I have taken it on myself to speak to the Lord, who am but dust and ashes.

²⁸ What if there will lack five of the fifty righteous? Will you destroy all the city for lack of five?" He said, "I will not destroy it, if I find forty-five there."

²⁹ He spoke to him yet again, and said, "What if there are forty found there?" He said, "I will not do it for the forty's sake."

³⁰ He said, "Oh don't let the Lord be angry, and I will speak. What if there are thirty found there?" He said, "I will not do it, if I find thirty there."

³¹ He said, "See now, I have taken it on myself to speak to the Lord. What if there are twenty found there?" He said, "I will not destroy it for the twenty's sake."

³² He said, "Oh don't let the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once. What if ten are found there?" He said, "I will not destroy it for the ten's sake."