SEV Biblia, Chapter 2:3
Porque esto es lo bueno y agradable delante del Dios salvador nuestro;
Clarke's Bible Commentary - 1 Timothy 2:3
Verse 3. This is good and acceptable] Prayer for all legally constituted authorities is good in itself, because useful to ourselves and to the public at large, and it is acceptable in the sight of God our saviour; and this is its highest sanction and its highest character: it is good; it is well pleasing to God.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 3. For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour .] Not only to live peaceably and quietly under the government men are, since that is the ordination of God, and to live soberly, righteously, and godly, which his grace teaches; but to pray for all sorts of men, and for those who are set in the highest place of government, even though enemies and persecutors: this is good in itself, and in the sight of an omniscient God, who sees not as man seeth; and it is acceptable unto him through Jesus Christ, by whom every sacrifice of prayer or praise is so; for by God our Saviour is meant God the Father, who is the Saviour of all men, in a way of providence, and the Saviour of all the elect in a way of special grace; (see Gill on 1 Timothy 2:1).
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 1-7 - The disciples of Christ must be praying people; all, withou distinction of nation, sect, rank, or party. Our duty as Christians, i summed up in two words; godliness, that is, the right worshipping of God; and honesty, that is, good conduct toward all men. These must go together: we are not truly honest, if we are not godly, and do no render to God his due; and we are not truly godly, if not honest. What is acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour, we should abound in There is one Mediator, and that Mediator gave himself a ransom for all And this appointment has been made for the benefit of the Jews and the Gentiles of every nation; that all who are willing may come in thi way, to the mercy-seat of a pardoning God, to seek reconciliation with him. Sin had made a quarrel between us and God; Jesus Christ is the Mediator who makes peace. He is a ransom that was to be known in du time. In the Old Testament times, his sufferings, and the glory tha should follow, were spoken of as things to be revealed in the las times. Those who are saved must come to the knowledge of the truth, for that is God's appointed way to save sinners: if we do not know the truth, we cannot be ruled by it.
Greek Textus Receptus
τουτο 5124 γαρ 1063 καλον 2570 και 2532 αποδεκτον 587 ενωπιον 1799 του 3588 σωτηρος 4990 ημων 2257 θεου 2316
Vincent's NT Word Studies
3. Acceptable (apodekton) Past o . Compare ajpodoch acceptation, ch. i. 15, and Paul's eujrosdektov acceptable, Rom. xv. 16, 31; 2 Corinthians vi. 2; vii. 12.
Robertson's NT Word Studies
2:3 {Acceptable} (apodekton). Late verbal adjective from apodecomai. In inscriptions and papyri. In N.T. only here and #5:4.
