who desires everyone to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.
Commentaries
2:1 - 2:7
On Prayer.
Another concern of the pastoral letters is to establish specific rules for the organization and proper functioning of communities. Among the community’s duties, prayer takes the lead. It is interesting to learn, from the letter’s author’s advice, how much, how, and for whom those Christians prayed. The first thing that stands out is the spontaneity and charismatic intensity of their prayer: “petitions, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings” (1). Second, its missionary and universal character: “for all people” (1), so that “all men may be saved and come to know the truth” (4), for this saving will of God embraces everyone, pagans and Christians alike, in the one mediator of salvation, “Christ Jesus, who is also a man” (5).
Commentaries
On Prayer.
Another concern of the pastoral letters is to establish specific rules for the organization and proper functioning of communities. Among the community’s duties, prayer takes the lead. It is interesting to learn, from the letter’s author’s advice, how much, how, and for whom those Christians prayed. The first thing that stands out is the spontaneity and charismatic intensity of their prayer: “petitions, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings” (1). Second, its missionary and universal character: “for all people” (1), so that “all men may be saved and come to know the truth” (4), for this saving will of God embraces everyone, pagans and Christians alike, in the one mediator of salvation, “Christ Jesus, who is also a man” (5).