Discovery Box1 Timothy 1:13 
Context1:13 even though I was formerly a blasphemer and a persecutor, and an arrogant 1 man. But I was treated with mercy because I acted ignorantly in unbelief,
1 Timothy 2:1-2
Context2:1 First of all, then, I urge that requests, 2 prayers, intercessions, and thanks be offered on behalf of all people, 3 2:2 even for kings 4 and all who are in authority, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life in all godliness and dignity.
1 Timothy 2:8
Context2:8 So I want the men 5 to pray 6 in every place, lifting up holy hands 7 without anger or dispute.
1 Timothy 6:21
Context6:21 By professing it, some have strayed from the faith. 8 Grace be with you all. 9
1 tn Or “violent,” “cruel.”
2 tn Or “petitions.”
3 tn Grk “all men”; but here ἀνθρώπων (anqrwpwn) is used generically, referring to both men and women.
4 tn For “even for kings” the Greek says simply “for kings.”
5 tn The word translated “men” here (ἀνήρ, anhr) refers to adult males, not people in general. Note the command given to “the women” in v. 9.
6 sn To pray. In this verse Paul resumes and concludes the section about prayer begun in 2:1-2. 1 Tim 2:3-7 described God’s concern for all people as the motive for such prayer.
7 sn Paul uses a common ancient posture in prayer (lifting up holy hands) as a figure of speech for offering requests from a holy life (without anger or dispute).
8 tn Grk “have deviated concerning the faith.”
9 tc Most witnesses (א2 D1 Ψ Ï sy) conclude this letter with ἀμήν (amhn, “amen”). Such a conclusion is routinely added by scribes to NT books because a few of these books originally had such an ending (cf. Rom 16:27; Gal 6:18; Jude 25). A majority of Greek witnesses have the concluding ἀμήν in every NT book except Acts, James, and 3 John (and even in these books, ἀμήν is found in some witnesses). It is thus a predictable variant. Further, the earliest and best witnesses (א* A D* F G 33 81 1739* 1881 it sa) lack the particle, indicating that the letter concluded with “Grace be with you all.”
tn Grk “with you” (but the Greek pronoun indicates the meaning is plural here).
