₁First of all, then, I urge that petitions, prayers, requests, and thanksgivings be offered to God for all people; ₂for kings and all others who are in authority, that we may live a quiet and peaceful life with all reverence towards God and with proper conduct. ₃This is good and it pleases God our Saviour, ₄who wants everyone to be saved and to come to know the truth. ₅For there is one God, and there is one who brings God and human beings together, the man Christ Jesus, ₆who gave himself to redeem everyone. That was the proof at the right time that God wants everyone to be saved, ₇and that is why I was sent as an apostle and teacher of the Gentiles, to proclaim the message of faith and truth. I am not lying; I am telling the truth!