“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.
Church Fathers on 1 Timothy 2:1
The Priest is the common father, as it were, of all the world; it is proper therefore that he should care for all, even as God, Whom he serves. For this reason he says, “I exhort therefore that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be made for all men.” From this, two advantages result. First, hatred towards those who are without is done away; for no one can feel hatred towards those for whom he prays: and they again are made better by the…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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