1Ti 2:1 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for 1Tim 2:1-3:13: 2:1–3:13 Paul moves to the areas of conduct in God’s household that were affected by the false teachers (3:15 ). Community life had been corrupted in worship and gender roles (2:1-15 ) and leadership (3:1-13 ). Summary for 1Tim 2:1-15: 2:1-15 This unit deals first with prayer (2:1-7 ) and with the deportment of men and women (2:8-10 ). It closes with the question of women and teaching (2:11-15 ). Summary for 1Tim 2:1-7: 2:1-7 Here, prayer focuses on the church’s mission, which suggests that the false teachers had brought the church into disrepute in the wider society (cp. 3:6-7 ; 6:1 ; Titus 2:5 ) and hampered its mission to the Gentiles . 2:1 all people: The prayers of the false teachers and their disciples were evidently not consonant with God’s will to save all kinds of people (2:3-4 ).

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h2:11-15►

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j3:6-7►

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‏ 1 Timothy 2:1

Summary for 1Tim 2:1-3:13: 2:1–3:13 ^a Paul moves to the areas of conduct in God’s household that were affected by the false teachers (3:15 ^b). Community life had been corrupted in worship and gender roles (2:1-15 ^c) and leadership (3:1-13 ^d).
Summary for 1Tim 2:1-15: 2:1-15 ^e This unit deals first with prayer (2:1-7 ^f) and with the deportment of men and women (2:8-10 ^g). It closes with the question of women and teaching (2:11-15 ^h).
Summary for 1Tim 2:1-7: 2:1-7 ⁱ Here, prayer focuses on the church’s mission, which suggests that the false teachers had brought the church into disrepute in the wider society (cp. 3:6-7 ^j; 6:1 ^k; Titus 2:5 ^l) and hampered its mission to the Gentiles. 2:1 ^m all people: The prayers of the false teachers and their disciples were evidently not consonant with God’s will to save all kinds of people (2:3-4 ⁿ).