1 Timothy 2:3 Cross References - Moffatt

³ it is good to pray thus, it is acceptable to our Saviour,

⁴⁷ My spirit has joy in God my Saviour:

¹ Well then, my brothers, I appeal to you by all the mercy of God to dedicate your bodies as a living sacrifice, consecrated and acceptable to God; that is your cult, a spiritual rite. ² Instead of being moulded to this world, have your mind renewed, and so be transformed in nature, able to make out what the will of God is, namely, what is good and acceptable to him and perfect.

¹⁸ he who serves Christ on these lines, is acceptable to God and esteemed by men.

⁹ (for the fruit of light consists in all that is good and right and true), ¹⁰ verifying what pleases the Lord.

¹¹ your life covered with that harvest of righteousness which Jesus Christ produces to the glory and the praise of God.

¹⁸ Your debt to me is fully paid and more than paid! I am amply supplied with what you have sent by Epaphroditus, a fragrant perfume, the sort of sacrifice that God approves and welcomes.

¹⁰ so that you may lead a life that is worthy of the Lord and give him entire satisfaction. May you be fruitful and increase in the doing of all good, as you thus know God!

¹ Finally, brothers, we beg and beseech you in the Lord Jesus to follow our instructions about the way you are to live so as to satisfy God; you are leading that life, but you are to excel in it still further.

¹ Paul an apostle of Christ Jesus by command of God our Saviour and Christ Jesus our Hope,

⁴ (When a widow has children or grandchildren, they must learn that the first duty of religion is to their own household, and that they should make some return to those who have brought them up. In God's sight this is an acceptable thing.)

⁹ who has saved us and called us to a life of consecration — not for anything we have done but because he chose to do it himself, by the grace which he gave us ages ago in Christ Jesus

¹⁶ Do not forget beneficence and charity, either; these are the kind of sacrifices that are acceptable to God.

⁵ come and, like living stones yourselves, be built into a spiritual house, to form a consecrated priesthood for the offering of those spiritual sacrifices that are acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

²⁰ Where is the credit in standing punishment for having done wrong? No, if you stand suffering for having done right, that is what God counts a merit.