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

1 Timothy 2:1-4

Instructions on Worship

November 25, 2027

Christ in Gethsemane, Carl Heinrich Bloch
Christ in Gethsemane, Carl Heinrich Bloch, 1880Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen
One of twenty-three scenes Bloch painted for the chapel at Frederiksborg. An angel steadies Christ in the dark, and the light falls almost entirely on the two of them.1 Timothy calls Christ the one mediator who gave himself as a ransom, and the garden is where that is decided rather than announced.Carl Heinrich BlochA Danish painter whose New Testament scenes for Frederiksborg became, through reproduction, some of the most widely seen religious images in the world.Statens Museum for Kunst, CopenhagenDenmark's national gallery, grown from the royal collection begun in the sixteenth century.Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen
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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Commentary

1 Timothy 2 Commentary1 Tm 2 Commentary Enduring Word

David Guzik's commentary on Paul's instructions for public prayer.

1 Timothy Commentary (Steven Cole)1 Tm Commentary (Steven Cole) Precept Austin

A verse by verse sermon commentary covering this chapter's call to intercessory prayer.

Background & Word Study

Proper 20 - 1 Timothy 2:1-15 - September 22, 2013Proper 20 - 1 Tm 2:1-15 - September 22, 2013 Concordia Theology

A Concordia Seminary homiletical essay on this same passage from its other lectionary occasion.

1 Timothy 2:1 Commentaries1 Tm 2:1 Commentaries Bible Hub

An aggregator of classic commentaries keyed to this exact verse.

Sermons & Reflections

Epistle: 1 Timothy 2:1-15 (Pentecost 15: Series C)Epistle: 1 Tm 2:1-15 (Pentecost 15: Series C) 1517.org

A Lutheran reflection on prayer for all people, the theme of this Thanksgiving Day epistle.

Epistle: I Timothy 2:1-15 (Pentecost 15: Series C) 1517.org

A second Lutheran reflection, by a different author, on the same prayer-for-all-people text.

Podcast

Order in the Church! 1517.org

A podcast episode on Paul's instructions for public prayer in this letter.

1 Timothy 2:1-15 (Episode 243)1 Tm 2:1-15 (Episode 243) 1517.org

A verse by verse podcast episode on 'praying for everyone Jesus died for.'

Questions preachers ask

What does Paul urge about prayer?

Paul urges prayers for all people, including kings, for God our Savior desires all to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth, through the one mediator who gave himself a ransom for all.

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