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Time after Pentecost · Thanksgiving Day (USA) · Year A

1 Timothy 2:1-4

Instructions on Worship

November 26, 2026

Old Woman Saying Grace ("The Prayer without End"), Nicolaes Maes
Old Woman Saying Grace ("The Prayer without End"), Nicolaes Maes, c. 1656Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
A Dutch interior by a pupil of Rembrandt: an old woman saying grace over a plain meal, while a cat pulls at the tablecloth behind her and she does not notice.First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions and thanksgivings be made for everyone, for kings and all who are in high positions, so that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life.Nicolaes MaesA pupil of Rembrandt who turned from biblical subjects to Dutch interiors, and painted old women at prayer better than anyone.Rijksmuseum, AmsterdamThe Netherlands' national museum, built around the Dutch Golden Age and reopened in 2013 after a ten-year rebuilding.Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
LSB Three-Year Lectionary
GospelLuke 17:11-19Lk 17:11-19
EpistlePhil. 4:6-20Phil 4:6-20Alt. Epistle1 Tim. 2:1-41 Tm 2:1-4
Old TestamentDeut. 8:1-10Dt 8:1-10
PsalterPs. 67Ps 67

Overview & Insights

“For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus.” (1 Timothy 2:5)

Proper Objects of Prayer Following the charge to Timothy in chapter 1, which points to the presence of false teachers as the occasion of the letter, Paul now moves on to give a series of specific instructions (2:1–7 on the proper objects of prayer; 2:8–15 on the proper demeanor for prayer; 3:1–13 on qualifications for church leadership). All of this leads directly to 3:14–15, where Paul repeats his purpose for writing in terms of the believers’ knowing how to conduct themselves in God’s household.

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