1 Timothy 2:3 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

³ This is good, and it is acceptable in the sight of God our Savior,

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour;

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ For such [praying] is good and right, and [it is] pleasing and acceptable to God our Savior,

American Standard Version (1901)

³ This is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour;

Common English Bible

³ This is right and it pleases God our savior,

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior,

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³ For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour,

1 Timothy 2:3 Cross References

Isaiah 45:21

Declare and present your case; let them take counsel together! Who told this long ago? Who declared it of old? Was it not I, the Lord? And there is no other god besides me, a righteous God and a Savior; there is none besides me.

Luke 1:47

and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior,

Romans 14:18

he who thus serves Christ is acceptable to God and approved by men.

Philippians 1:11

filled with the fruits of righteousness which come through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

Philippians 4:18

I have received full payment, and more; I am filled, having received from Epaphroditus the gifts you sent, a fragrant offering, a sacrifice acceptable and pleasing to God.

Colossians 1:10

to lead a life worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God.

1 Thessalonians 4:1

Finally, brethren, we beseech and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that as you learned from us how you ought to live and to please God, just as you are doing, you do so more and more.

1 Timothy 1:1

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by command of God our Savior and of Christ Jesus our hope,

1 Timothy 4:10

For to this end we toil and strive, because we have our hope set on the living God, who is the Savior of all men, especially of those who believe.

1 Timothy 5:4

If a widow has children or grandchildren, let them first learn their religious duty to their own family and make some return to their parents; for this is acceptable in the sight of God.

2 Timothy 1:9

who saved us and called us with a holy calling, not in virtue of our works but in virtue of his own purpose and the grace which he gave us in Christ Jesus ages ago,

Hebrews 13:16

Do not neglect to do good and to share what you have, for such sacrifices are pleasing to God.

1 Peter 2:20

For what credit is it, if when you do wrong and are beaten for it you take it patiently? But if when you do right and suffer for it you take it patiently, you have God's approval.

1 Peter 2:5

and like living stones be yourselves built into a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.