1Ti 2:2-4 | TNotes | STEP | 2:2 all who are in authority: Those who had the power to persecute or to protect the church (see also Rom 13:1-7 ; 1 Pet 2:13-17 ). • live peaceful and quiet lives: The point was not for Christians to blend in and be unnoticed, but to display the beauty of the Good News and allow the church’s mission to proceed without unnecessary complications (cp. 2 Tim 3:12 ; 1 Pet 3:13-17 ). • The word godliness and its cognates (also at 1 Tim 3:16 ; 4:7-8 ; 5:4 ; 6:3 , 5-6 , 11 ) sum up the beliefs, attitudes, and lifestyles that accord with right and reverential knowledge of God, obedience, and authentic worship.

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bRom 13:1-7►

c1 Pet 2:13-17►

d2 Tim 3:12►

e1 Pet 3:13-17►

f1 Tim 3:16►

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i6:3►

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‏ 1 Timothy 2:2-4

2:2 ^a all who are in authority: Those who had the power to persecute or to protect the church (see also Rom 13:1-7 ^b; 1 Pet 2:13-17 ^c).

• live peaceful and quiet lives: The point was not for Christians to blend in and be unnoticed, but to display the beauty of the Good News and allow the church’s mission to proceed without unnecessary complications (cp. 2 Tim 3:12 ^d; 1 Pet 3:13-17 ^e).

• The word godliness and its cognates (also at 1 Tim 3:16 ^f; 4:7-8 ^g; 5:4 ^h; 6:3 ⁱ, 5-6 ^j, 11 ^k) sum up the beliefs, attitudes, and lifestyles that accord with right and reverential knowledge of God, obedience, and authentic worship.