“I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men;”
First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people — the ascending rhetorical ascent from deēsis (supplication) through proseuche (prayer) to enteuxis (intercession) to eucharistia (thanksgiving) establishes comprehensive prayer as foundational pastoral practice. All people (pantas anthrōpous) emphasizes universality.
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