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Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

1 Timothy 2:3

τοῦτο : i.e., prayer for all men.

καλόν : not to be joined with ἐνώπιον, but taken by itself, as in reff. See note on 1 Timothy 1:18. ἀπόδεκτον ἐνώπιον τοῦ θεοῦ occurs again, 1 Timothy 5:4. Prayer for all men approves itself to the natural conscience, and it is also in accordance with the revealed will of God.

θεοῦ is almost epexegetical of σωτῆρος ἡμῶν. Our Saviour, if it stood alone, might mean Christ; but it is God the Father that is the originating cause of salvation. See note on 1 Timothy 1:1.

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