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“As Moses lifted up the serpent [the serpent made of bronze described in Numbers 21:8–9] in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up, so that whosoever believes in Him will have eternal life, for God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten [uniquely born] Son, that whosoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.”

“…for by grace you are saved through faith and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not as a result of works, lest any man should boast.”

Above is the content of John 3:14–16 and the content of Ephesians 2:8–9, respectively.  Itʼs worthwhile to refrain from receiving the mark referenced in Revelation 13:11–18 and to instead receive eternal life for free by believing that Jesus is the Savior.  Before doing any Bible studying and before praying to God the Father, it is useful for a person who has believed in the Lord Jesus Christ as the Savior to try to think of any sins that one might have committed since one last confessed oneʼs known post-salvation sins to God the Father, and if one has indeed committed any, to then silently confess those sins to God the Father—confessing only one time for each sin—in accordance with what is mentioned in 1 John 1:9:  

“If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”

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When studying the Word of God, it is beneficial to keep in mind the content of Hebrews 4:12:  

“Indeed, the Word of God is alive and powerful, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of the soul and the spirit and of the joints and the marrow and is a critic of thoughts and intents of the heart.”

Note:  The heart refers to the mind.  

It is also beneficial to keep in mind the content of 2 Timothy 3:16–17 when studying the Word of God:  

“All Scripture is God breathed and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God might be mature, having been thoroughly furnished unto all good work.”

It is the responsibility of a pastor-teacher to endeavor to correctly understand the Word of God and then to accurately teach the Word of God, as per the content of 2 Timothy 2:15:  

“Be diligent to present yourself approved to God as a workman who does not need to be ashamed, accurately handling the Word of Truth.”

A pastor-teacher is a communicator rather than a crutch on which to be leaned.  In that regard, a believer in the Lord Jesus Christ should refrain from putting oneʼs trust in and thereby serving as a devoted follower of and thus worshiping a pastor-teacher.  Likewise, a believer should refrain from putting oneʼs trust in and thereby serving as a devoted follower of and thus worshiping anyone other than the Trinity [God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit], as per Joshua 24:15, the content of which references Joshua speaking to the Israelites:  

If it is disagreeable/bad/evil/wrong/wretchedness/displeasing in your sight to serve/worship Jehovah / Yahweh / I am I am / the existing One, choose for yourselves today whom you serve/worship:  whether the gods ['elohiym / false gods] which your fathers have served/worshiped which were beyond the river or the gods ['elohiym / false gods] of the Amorites in whose land you are living.  As for me and my house, we serve/worship Jehovah / Yahweh / I am I am / the existing One.

Note:  Joshua, the leader of the Israelites after Joshua had been serving as the assistant of Moses while Moses was the leader of the Israelites, set the example for the Israelites.  Joshua chose to put his trust in and thereby serve as a devoted follower of and thus worship God the Father rather than Joshua choosing to put his trust in and thereby serve as a devoted follower of and thus worship the lesser of multiple evils amongst multiple choices of 'elohiym [el-oh-HEEM].  The word 'elohiym with a lowercase e can refer to false gods, to angels, or to human rulers or judges.  The word 'Elohiym with a capital E refers to the Trinity.  The word 'elohiym can also be used to refer to might as in mightiness.  In that regard, the use of the word 'elohiym in reference to false gods, to angels, or to human rulers or judges involves the connotation of mightiness in comparison to an average human.  When a person puts oneʼs trust in and thereby serves as a devoted follower of and thus worships an angel or human, that angel or human is that personʼs false god.  Regarding the foregoing, the content of Joshua 24:15 involves Joshua calling attention to the choices that the Israelites had, and that content involves Joshua permitting the Israelites to make their choices while Joshua led by example with his choice.  

The gift of pastor-teacher is for the purpose of each pastor-teacher functioning as a messenger who communicates the Word of God rather than functioning as a priest between the Trinity and mankind.  In that regard, the time period that can be referred to as the Church Age started fifty days after the Lord Jesus Christ was resurrected, and all Church Age believers in the Lord Jesus Christ are priests.  The Lord Jesus Christ is the High Priest of Church Age believers, and believers should be willing to acknowledge/confess/profess to people the believersʼ faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, as per Hebrews 4:14–15:  

Therefore, since we have a great High Priest Who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast the acknowledgment/confession/profession.  Indeed, we do not have a high priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but One Who has been tempted in all things as we are, yet without sin.

Also, the Lord Jesus Christ is the High Priest according to the order of Melchizedek [mel-KIZ-uh-dek], who was the ruler of Salem when Abraham was still named Abram.  Melchizedek was both a king and a priest, as per Genesis 14:18, which references Melchizedek greeting Abram:  

Then Melchizedek king of Salem has brought out bread and wine, and he is a priest of 'El [AYL] 'Elyown [el-YOHN] / God [focusing on God the Fatherʼs power] Most High.

The Lord Jesus Christ is also both a king and a priest because the Lord is the Priest according to the order of Melchizedek, as per Hebrews 7:14–17:  

Indeed, it is evident that our Lord has arisen from Judah, a tribe with reference to which Moses spoke nothing concerning priests.  Also, it is still much more evident:  that according to the similarity of Melchizedek, Another of a different type of priest arises, Who has become such not on the basis of a law of fleshly command / physical requirement but according to the power of an indestructible life.  Indeed, it is attested:  “YOU ARE A PRIEST FOREVER, ACCORDING TO THE ORDER OF MELCHIZEDEK.”

Note:  The Lord Jesus Christ is from the tribe of Judah.  Also, the Lord Jesus Christ is qualified to be a priest because He was resurrected and therefore has an indestructible body.  The above content in all capital letters is a reference to Psalm 110:4.  

Because a king is royalty, a king who is a priest is a royal priest.  In that regard, Church Age believers are royalty because they are members of the Lord Jesus Christʼs family.  Therefore, all Church Age believers are royal priests, as per 1 Peter 2:9–10:  

However, you are A CHOSEN PEOPLE, A royal PRIESTHOOD, A HOLY NATION, A PEOPLE FOR ACQUISITION/PRESERVATION, so that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him Who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light, for you once were NOT A PEOPLE, but now you are GODʼS PEOPLE.  You had NOT RECEIVED MERCY, but now you have RECEIVED MERCY.

Note:  Before the Church Age, Gentiles were not Godʼs people.  In the Church Age, both Jewish and Gentile believers are Godʼs people.  The content of 1 Peter 2:10 references Hosea 2:23.  In that regard, Peter uses references involving Israel in the Old Testament to refer to Church Age believers.  

Itʼs the message rather than the messenger that should be the focus of the believer in the Lord Jesus Christ.  Put succinctly:  itʼs the message rather than the messenger.  In that regard, it is beneficial to keep in mind the content of Revelation 22:8–9, which was written by the apostle John, who, in addition to writing The Revelation to John, wrote The Gospel According to John, The First Epistle of John, The Second Epistle of John, and The Third Epistle of John:  

I, John, am the one who heard and saw these things, and when I heard and saw, I fell down to worship at the feet of the angel who showed me these things, but he says* to me, “Do not do that.  I am a fellow servant of yours and of your brethren the prophets and of those who keep the words of this book.  Worship God.”

*Note:  The word says is in the Greek historical present tense.  By means of the Greek historical present tense, past action or future action can be described from the perspective of someone seeing the action as it occurs.  

Regarding messages, believers should use the Word of God to examine what is being communicated.  That is what the Bereans who are mentioned in Acts 17:10–12 did:  

The brethren immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Berea, who, when they arrived, went into the synagogue of the Jews.  Now these were more noble-minded than those in Thessalonica, who received the word with all eagerness / readiness of mind, examining the Scriptures daily to see whether these things were so.  Therefore, many of them believed, and not a few prominent Greek women and men.

Note:  The phrase not a few means “quite a few.”  

Today, the return of the Lord Jesus Christ to meet believers in the Lord Jesus Christ in the clouds on the occasion of the Rapture is one day closer than it was yesterday.  The Rapture involves both deceased and living believers in the Lord Jesus Christ meeting the Lord in the clouds in the atmosphere of the earth, receiving glorified immortal resurrection bodies similar to the Lord Jesus Christʼs glorified resurrection body, and going to Heaven with those resurrection bodies.  Before the Rapture occurs, deceased believers in the Lord Jesus Christ are in Heaven without glorified bodies.  It is possible that the Rapture will occur during the time when the Feast of Trumpets / Yom Teruah [yahm tuh-ROO-uh or yohm tuh-ROO-uh] would occur.  The Feast of Trumpets was one of the seven feasts that the Israelites were supposed to celebrate each year under the regulations of the Mosaic Law.  The term Mosaic Law refers to the laws communicated by Moses to the ancient Israelites.  Because Moses communicated those laws, they are known collectively as the Mosaic Law.  The Lord Jesus Christ fulfilled the Mosaic Law by being judged on the cross for the sins of humanity.  Now that the Lord Jesus Christ has fulfilled the Mosaic Law, no believers in the Lord Jesus Christ are under the regulations of the Mosaic Law.  

While it is possible that the Rapture will occur during the time when the Feast of Trumpets / Yom Teruah [yahm tuh-ROO-uh or yohm tuh-ROO-uh] would occur—which is referenced as a single day in Leviticus 23:24–25 and Numbers 29:1–6 and which is what some people call Rosh Hashanah and which some people celebrate for two days—the next occurrence of which will possibly be during August, September, or October of 2027, it is worthwhile for believers in the Lord Jesus Christ to get into the habit of being prepared every day for the return of the Lord, just in case the Rapture will occur during a time other than the time of the Feast of Trumpets / Yom Teruah / Rosh Hashanah.  Furthermore, it is worthwhile to be in the habit of being prepared for the Rapture so that if it does occur during the time of the Feast of Trumpets / Yom Teruah / Rosh Hashanah, one can be prepared for that time because of already being in the habit of being prepared.  Examples of being prepared for the Rapture include applying the content of 1 John 1:9 whenever one sins, being unselfish, and whenever circumstances are such that an opportunity arises, sharing the gospel—the good news that believing that the Lord Jesus Christ is the Savior Who was judged on the cross for the sins of humanity is the means by which a person is able to have eternal life.  Regarding sharing the gospel, one could also have a written or printed message containing the gospel with that written or printed message located somewhere where it could be easily noticed so that if a person or people were to read or hear that written or printed message either before or after the Rapture occurs, that person or people would thereby read or hear the gospel by means of that written or printed message.  

Whether the Feast of Trumpets / Yom Teruah / Rosh Hashanah in 2027 is during August, September, or October depends on whether barley crop in Israel in 2027 is first in a status known as abib [ah-BEEB] (also known as aviv [ah-VEEV]) in February, March, or April.  On which day and at what time in August, September, or October the Feast of Trumpets / Yom Teruah / Rosh Hashanah would start depends on the time of the last sunset over Jerusalem before the first sliver of a crescent new moon after that sunset.  The crescent new moon is the illumination of a sliver of the waxing moon.  The moon is waxing when it is becoming more and more illuminated after what some people refer to as the astronomical new moon, the time when there is an absence of illumination of the moon—in other words, when there is an absence of reflection of light from the moon.  On which day and at what time in August, September, or October the Feast of Trumpets / Yom Teruah / Rosh Hashanah would end depends on whether the Feast of Trumpets / Yom Teruah / Rosh Hashanah lasts one day or two days and whether the time of day of the end of the Feast of Trumpets / Yom Teruah / Rosh Hashanah is at sunset, at the end of civil twilight, at the end of nautical twilight, or at the end of astronomical twilight.  

Regarding information about the Rapture, it is beneficial to keep in mind the content of 1 Thessalonians 4:13–18 and 1 Corinthians 15:51–52:  

1 Thessalonians 4:13–18

Now we do not want you to be uninformed, brethren, about those who are asleep, so that you will not grieve as do the rest who have no hope, for if we believe that Jesus died and rose again—and we do indeed believe that Jesus died and rose again—so also God will bring with Him those who have fallen asleep through Jesus.  Indeed, this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive who remain until the coming of the Lord will not precede those who have fallen asleep, for the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout of command, with a voice of an archangel and with a trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first.  Then we who are alive who remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we shall always be with the Lord.  Therefore, comfort one another with these words.

1 Corinthians 15:51–52

Behold, I tell you a mystery:  we will not all sleep, but we will all be changed, in a moment, in a twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet, for a trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we will be changed.

After the Rapture will be the seven-year Tribulation.  The believers who will be alive on the earth when the Rapture occurs will escape the Tribulation.  1 Thessalonians 5:1–11 covers that topic.  In that regard, in the book 1 Thessalonians, the content of 1 Thessalonians 4:13–18 is immediately followed by the content of 1 Thessalonians 5:1–11.  

1 Thessalonians 5:1–11

Now as to the times and the epochs, brethren, you have no need of anything to be written to you, for you yourselves know full well that the day of the Lord is coming just like a thief in the night.  While they are saying, “Peace and safety!” then sudden destruction comes upon them like labor pains upon a woman with child, and they will not escape.  However, you, brethren, are not in darkness, that the day would overtake you like a thief, for you are all sons of light and sons of day.  We are not of night nor of darkness; therefore, let us not sleep as others, but let us be alert and sober.  Indeed, those who sleep do their sleeping at night, and those who get drunk get drunk at night.  However, since we are of day, let us be sober, having put on the breastplate of faith and benevolence/goodwill, and as a helmet, the hope / absolute confidence of deliverance, for God has not destined us for wrath but for obtaining deliverance through our Lord Jesus Christ, Who died for us, so that whether we are awake or asleep, we will live together with Him.  Therefore, comfort one another and edify one another, just as you also are doing.

Note:  In this context, the day of the Lord is the time period that consists of the Rapture, the seven years of the Tribulation, and the Second Advent.  In that regard, deliverance from the Tribulation is the deliverance in this context.  Also, unspecified is who will be saying “Peace and safety!”  In this context, sleeping refers to a lack of alertness.  The alertness in this context involves being ready for the Rapture.  In order to be ready for the Rapture, a believer needs to be filled with the power of God the Holy Spirit and to pay attention for historical trends such as people saying “Peace and safety!” and for historical trends that match the pattern of the world being on the brink of tremendous calamities like those that will occur during the Tribulation.  Regarding being filled with the power of God the Holy Spirit, once a believer commits a sin after salvation, that believer is no longer filled with the power of God the Holy Spirit and is out of fellowship with the Trinity.  After that believer has confessed/acknowledged to God the Father all of that believerʼs known unconfessed post-salvation sins, fellowship with the Trinity and the filling with the power of the Holy Spirit are restored.  The procedure for confessing/acknowledging to God the Father all of oneʼs known unconfessed post-salvation sins is mentioned in 1 John 1:9:  “If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”  Fellowship with God the Father and God the Son is mentioned in 1 John 1.  Being out of fellowship with God the Holy Spirit is referenced in Ephesians 4:30.  In that regard, when a believer sins, that believer grieves the Holy Spirit.  Losing the filling of the power of God the Holy Spirit is referenced in 1 Thessalonians 5:19.  In that regard, when a believer sins, the power of God the Holy Spirit is quenched in that believer.  After a believer has confessed/acknowledged to God the Father all of that believerʼs known unconfessed post-salvation sins, that believer is then filled with the power of God the Holy Spirit again and in fellowship with the Trinity again.  

The verses of the day for November 7th are 1 Timothy 2:1–2.  The apostle Paul wrote 1 Timothy.  The title of the book 1 Timothy is also known as “The First Epistle of Paul to Timothy” and “The First Letter of Paul to Timothy.”  In addition, for the names of the books of the Bible, instead of using the Arabic numeral 1, one can use the Roman numeral for 1; that Roman numeral is I.  With the Roman numeral, the book and chapter would be written as I Timothy 2.  Because it is useful to study verses that share the same context, below is content related to 1 Timothy 2.  

Note:  The passage 1 Timothy 2:1–4 covers the topic of praying for people and why to pray for them.  All prayer must be addressed to God the Father.  The Lord Jesus Christ Himself indicated that all prayer must be addressed to God the Father.  The content of Matthew 6:1–13 covers the Lord giving an example about how to pray.  In that regard, the content of Matthew 6:9 covers the Lord commanding that prayers be addressed to God the Father.  The content of Luke 11:1–4 also covers the Lord giving an example about how to pray.  In that regard, the content of Luke 11:2 covers the Lord commanding that prayers be addressed to God the Father.  

The mechanics of praying to God the Father are specified elsewhere in the Bible.  For example, the content of Matthew 6:5–8 involves that topic.  Also, the content of Matthew 6:9–13 involves an example of prayer.  The content of Luke 11:2–4 also involves an example of prayer.  Some other verses having content that involves the topic of the mechanics of prayer are Luke 11:5–10; Luke 18:1–8; Ephesians 5:20; Ephesians 6:18; Colossians 4:2; 1 Thessalonians 5:17–18; Hebrews 4:16; and James 1:5–8.  Below are some details regarding the mechanics of prayer.  

A good way to start a prayer is as follows:  “Dear Heavenly Father.”  

Listed below are four steps for praying.  

(1) Confession:  One must be in fellowship with the Trinity when praying to God the Father.  Once a believer in the Lord Jesus Christ commits a sin after salvation, that believer is no longer filled with the power of God the Holy Spirit and is out of fellowship with the Trinity.  After that believer has confessed/acknowledged to God the Father all of that believerʼs known unconfessed post-salvation sins—confessing only one time for each sin—fellowship with the Trinity and the filling with the power of the Holy Spirit are restored.  The procedure for confessing/acknowledging to God the Father all of oneʼs known unconfessed post-salvation sins is mentioned in 1 John 1:9.  After a believer has confessed/acknowledged to God the Father all of that believerʼs known unconfessed post-salvation sins, that believer is then filled with the power of God the Holy Spirit again and in fellowship with the Trinity again.  

(2) Thanksgiving:  One should thank God the Father for His graciousness.  Thanking Him for sending the Lord Jesus Christ to be judged on the cross for oneʼs sins and the sins of humanity is a good example of thanksgiving.  

(3) Intercession:  One can pray to God the Father on behalf of others.  

(4) Petition:  One can pray to God the Father on behalf of oneself.  

There are no verses in the Bible that list that sequence for praying; nonetheless, it makes sense to make sure that one is in fellowship with God the Father before proceeding with any further communication, to then express appreciation to Him before making any requests, and to treat others as more important than oneself by making requests for them before making requests for oneself.  Sometimes, there is obviously only sufficient time for a short prayer without all of the steps.  In such a case, step 1 is still a necessary step because if one has committed known post-salvation sins for which one has not yet confessed to God the Father, one needs to confess those sins to Him before proceeding with the rest of the prayers.  

Also, at the end of any prayer, it is good to say something like the following:  “In the Lord Jesus Christʼs name, amen.”  The word amen can be translated into English as “I believe it.”  If the Lord Jesus Christ had not been judged on the cross for our sins, we would be unable to pray to God the Father.  When one prays in the Lord Jesus Christʼs name, one is calling attention to His work on the cross that made praying to God the Father possible.  Finishing a prayer in this way should even be done when confessing oneʼs sins without asking for anything.  

Also, when asking God the Father for something—in other words, when praying to Him—whatever the believer requests must be consistent with God the Fatherʼs plan.  Of course, details of God the Fatherʼs plan are at times unknown to a believer.  In that regard, the believer needs to recognize that if whatever a believer requests in a prayer is not given to that believer, it could be that the prayer was inconsistent with God the Fatherʼs plan.  Also, whenever a believer makes requests to God the Father when that believer is out of fellowship with the Trinity, whatever that believer requests might not be given to that believer.  

When a believer in the Lord Jesus Christ prays to God the Father, that believer has a desire or motive behind that prayer.  In that regard, how God the Father answers prayers can be categorized into four categories involving what God the Father answers positively and what He answers negatively.  Listed below are those four categories regarding God the Fatherʼs answers to prayers.  

1.  Positive-Negative:  God the Father gives a yes answer to the prayer but a no answer to the desire behind that prayer.  For example, if a believer were to pray for a million dollars because that believer is seeking happiness from money, God the Father could permit that believer to have a million dollars, but God the Father could refrain from making that believer be happy.  In such a situation, God the Father permits such a believer to experience self-induced misery.  

2.  Negative-Positive:  God the Father gives a no answer to the prayer but a yes answer to the desire behind that prayer.  For example, if a believer were to pray for a million dollars because that believer wants to help people with that money, God the Father could refrain from permitting that believer to have a million dollars, but God the Father could enable that believer to help people in some other way or ways.  

3.  Positive-Positive:  God the Father gives a yes answer to both the prayer and the desire behind that prayer.  

4.  Negative-Negative:  God the Father gives a no answer to both the prayer and the desire behind that prayer.  

When praying for someone, it is important for a believer to keep in mind the content of 1 John 5:16.  The content of that verse covers the topic of when a believer should refrain from praying for another believer.  In that regard, below is content related to that verse.  

1 John 5:16

If anyone sees his brother sinning sin not unto death, he shall request, and He shall give to him life to those sinning not unto death.  There is sin unto death; I do not say that he should make request concerning this.

Note:  In the phrase sinning sin not unto death in this verse, there is an absence of a definite article in front of the noun sin.  Likewise, in the phrase There is sin unto death in this verse, there is also an absence of a definite article in front of the noun sin.  In that regard, rather than this verse referring to some particular sin that is categorized as the sin unto death, this verse refers to sinning in general that results in what can be referred to as the sin unto death.  

The sin unto death involves an early physical death.  For a believer who physically dies after the Day of Pentecost [PEN-tih-kahst], that early physical death involves an early departure to Heaven.  The Day of Pentecost was the beginning of the Church Age.  The word Pentecost is derived from the Koine Greek word πεντηκοστή [pronounced pen-tay-kah-STAY and transliterated as pentēkostē].  That word is derived from the Koine Greek word πεντήκοντα [pronounced pen-TAY-kahn-tah and transliterated as pentēkonta], which means “fifty.”  Therefore, the word Pentecost is derived from the fact that that day occurred fifty days after the Lord was resurrected.  In that regard, the Church Age began fifty days after the Lord was resurrected.  The Church Age will end with the Rapture.  The Rapture involves both deceased and living believers in the Lord Jesus Christ meeting the Lord in the clouds in the atmosphere of the earth, receiving glorified immortal resurrection bodies similar to the Lord Jesus Christʼs glorified resurrection body, and going to Heaven with those resurrection bodies.  Before the Rapture occurs, deceased believers in the Lord Jesus Christ are in Heaven without glorified bodies.  Absent from the Bible is anything specifically indicating the precise date and time when the Rapture will occur, although it is possible that the Rapture will occur during the time when the Feast of Trumpets / Yom Teruah [yahm tuh-ROO-uh or yohm tuh-ROO-uh] would occur—which is referenced as a single day in Leviticus 23:24–25 and Numbers 29:1–6 and which is what some people call Rosh Hashanah and which some people celebrate for two days—the next occurrence of which will possibly be during August, September, or October of 2027.  The departure to Heaven of a believer who experiences the sin unto death is an early departure in the sense that it occurs at an earlier time than it would have occurred if the believer had regularly remained in fellowship with the Trinity.  In that regard, if after a believer sins, that believer refrains from confessing/acknowledging to God the Father all of that believerʼs known unconfessed post-salvation sins, then that believer will remain out of fellowship with the Trinity.  A believer who remains out of fellowship eventually becomes a reversionist.  Such a believer reverts back to acting like unbelievers.  Being a reversionistic believer is known as being involved in reversionism.  Ultimately, if a believer continues to refrain from confessing/acknowledging to God the Father all of that believerʼs known unconfessed post-salvation sins, that believer will experience the sin unto death.  

The amount of unconfessed post-salvation sins that results in the sin unto death can vary.  It is even possible that a single sin on a single occasion is so bad that the believer committing that sin experiences the sin unto death.  Based on the content of the Bible, it is logical to conclude that such a sin would be something egregious—in other words, something very bad.  

Regarding a believer praying for a believer who is sinning, the believer doing the praying can pray to God the Father that God the Father have God the Son and God the Holy Spirit take care of the matter such that the believer doing the sinning will have opportunities to become a believer who studies and obeys the Word of God regularly.  God the Son can take care of the matter by controlling circumstances, and God the Holy Spirit can take care of the matter by causing information to come to the mind of the believer doing the sinning.  Regarding refraining from praying for a believer who is at the point of the sin unto death, it is possible that a believer might be unaware of whether a believer who is sinning is at the point of the sin unto death.  In that regard, the believer doing the praying can pray to God the Father that if the believer doing the sinning is not at the point of the sin unto death, that God the Father then have God the Son and God the Holy Spirit take care of the matter such that the believer doing the sinning will have opportunities to become a believer who studies and obeys the Word of God regularly.  Praying in that manner gives the sinning believer the benefit of the doubt while at the same time applying the principle of not praying for the believer who is at the point of the sin unto death.  

Note:  The below content of 1 Timothy 2:1 is on multiple lines for ease of reading.  In that regard, 1 Timothy 2:1 contains four Koine [KOI-nay] Greek words related to praying, and the translations of some of those words overlap with the translations of some of the others of those words.  Under the below translation of 1 Timothy 2:1 are some notes related to those words.  

1 Timothy 2:1

First of all, then, I urge that 

entreaties / petitions / prayers / requests / supplications, 

prayers / earnest prayers, 

supplications / prayers / petitions / intercessions, 

and thanksgivings 

be made on behalf of all people,

Note:  In this verse, the Koine Greek noun that is translated as “entreaties / petitions / prayers / requests / supplications” is δεήσεις [pronounced deh-AY-sayss and transliterated as deēseis].  That noun is an inflected form of the root word δέησις [pronounced DEH-ay-seess and transliterated as deēsis].  The inflected form deēseis is a plural form of deēsis.  

The Koine Greek noun that is translated as “prayers / earnest prayers” in this verse is προσευχάς [pronounced prahs-yoo-KHAHS and transliterated as proseuchas].  That noun is an inflected form of the root word προσευχή [pronounced prahs-yoo-KHAY and transliterated as proseuchē].  The inflected form proseuchas is a plural form of proseuchē.  Unspecified in this verse and the surrounding verses is whether proseuchas as used in this verse refers simply to prayers or to earnest prayers.  

The Koine Greek noun that is translated as “supplications / prayers / petitions / intercessions” in this verse is ἐντεύξεις [pronounced en-TYOO-ksayss and transliterated as enteuxeis].  That noun is an inflected form of the root word ἔντευξις [pronounced EN-tyoo-kseess and transliterated as enteuxis].  The inflected form enteuxeis is a plural form of enteuxis.  

The Koine Greek noun that is translated as “thanksgivings” in this verse is εὐχαριστίας [pronounced yoo-khah-ree-STEE-ahs and transliterated as eucharistias].  That noun is an inflected form of the root word εὐχαριστία [pronounced yoo-khah-ree-STEE-ah and transliterated as eucharistia].  The inflected form eucharistias is a plural form of eucharistia.  While the noun eucharistia can also be translated as “gratitude” or “thankfulness,” the context of this verse is such that the translation of the inflected form eucharistias is “thanksgivings.”  

Of the four prayer-related verbs in this verse, the fourth such verb has a meaning that is clearly distinct from the other three verbs.  In that regard, it is clear that Paul has indicated in this verse that a believer in the Lord Jesus Christ should thank God the Father for various things.  Regarding the first three prayer-related verbs in this verse, the fact that Paul used three different prayer-related verbs calls attention to the fact that a believer can pray regarding a variety of matters.  

The phrase on behalf of all people in this verse indicates that a believer can pray for everyone.  In that regard, whereas a believer is unable to pray for every single person by name, a believer can use wording that groups people together.  The Koine Greek noun that is translated as “people” in this verse is ἀνθρώπων [pronounced ahn-THROH-pohn and transliterated as anthrōpōn].  That noun is an inflected form of the root word ἄνθρωπος [pronounced AHN-throh-pahs and transliterated as anthrōpos].  The inflected form anthrōpōn is a plural form of anthrōpos.  

1 Timothy 2:2

for sovereigns / kings / emperors / leaders of the people / princes / commanders / lords of the land and all who are in authority, so that we may lead a tranquil and quiet life in all godliness and dignity / seriousness / probity / integrity.

Note:  The noun godliness refers to respect and dutifulness owed to God the Father.  The Koine Greek noun from which the English word godliness is translated in this verse is εὐσεβείᾳ [pronounced yoo-seh-BAY-ah and transliterated as eusebeia].  That word is an inflected form of the root word εὐσέβεια [pronounced yoo-SEH-bay-ah and transliterated as eusebeia].  

It is gracious of a believer in the Lord Jesus Christ to pray to God the Father that every person in a position of authority hears or sees the gospel—the good news that believing that the Lord Jesus Christ is the Savior Who was judged on the cross for the sins of humanity is the means by which a person is able to have eternal life—and that God the Holy Spirit make the gospel clear to each such person—and that if any such person believes in the Lord Jesus Christ as the Savior, that that person then receives correct teaching of the Word of God such that that person will be able to make wise decisions.  Also, a believer in the Lord Jesus Christ can pray to God the Father that the people who are in positions of authority will have incentives to do what is in the best interests of the believers who regularly obey the Word of God.  In that regard, God the Father is perfectly just; therefore, He permits people, including people in positions of authority, to have free will.  God the Father is also omniscient:  He knows everything, including everything possible that could occur.  Regarding that, God the Father knows every possible incentive that can be given to a person in a position of authority and whether the person in a position of authority would choose to take action with regard to any given incentive.  Because God the Father knows what incentive or incentives will motivate a person in a position of authority to take a particular course of action, God the Father can plan to have God the Son control circumstances such that that incentive or those incentives occur.  

1 Timothy 2:3

This is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior, 

Note:  This is a reference to God the Father.  While the Lord Jesus Christ—Who is God the Son—is often the focus of the word Savior because He took on the form of a human and was judged on the cross for the sins of humanity, God the Father is referenced with the word Savior in 1 Timothy 2:3 because God the Father is the Member of the Trinity Who planned that the opportunity for eternal salvation would be made available.  

1 Timothy 2:4

Who desires all men to be saved and to come to the epignōsis knowledge of the truth.

Note:  The phrase epignōsis knowledge found in the above translation of 1 Timothy 2:4 is a translation of the Koine [KOI-nay] Greek noun ἐπίγνωσιν [pronounced eh-PEE-know-seen and transliterated into English as epignōsin].  That noun is an inflected form of the root word ἐπίγνωσις [pronounced eh-PEE-know-sees and transliterated as epignōsis (some people leave the macron off the o and transliterate the word as epignosis)].  In the New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB 1995) and New American Standard Bible 2020 (NASB 2020) translations of various verses, the word epignōsis is translated as “knowledge,” “real knowledge,” and “true knowledge.”  Sometimes, the NASB 1995 and NASB 2020 translations also have footnotes indicating that epignōsis can be translated as “recognition.”  When precisely translated, rather than simply referring to knowledge, the word epignōsis refers to that which is above or beyond ordinary knowledge.  The Koine Greek word for ordinary knowledge is γνῶσις [pronounced KNOW-sees and transliterated as gnōsis or gnosis].  In the Bible, epignōsis is used to refer to knowledge of the Word of God.  

Regarding the use of the term epignōsis knowledge in this verse, the content of this verse indicates that God the Father wants everyone to be saved and that God the Father wants everyone to then learn the Word of God.  In that regard, God the Father permits each person to use that personʼs volition (free will).  Therefore, God the Father permits each person to choose whether that person believes in the Lord Jesus Christ as the Savior, and God the Father permits each believer to choose whether that believer learns the Word of God.  

1 Timothy 2:5

Indeed, there is one God and one Mediator also between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus,

Note:  Regarding the phrase one God, the Members of the Trinity are One in essence.  They all have the exact same characteristics.  In that regard, They function in unity as a single, perfect Team.  God the Father does the planning.  God the Son executes the plan.  God the Holy Spirit reveals the plan.  In that regard, the United States Army used to have the slogan “An army of one.”  Rather than indicating that there was only a single person in the U.S. Army, the slogan was focused on the goal of all of the members of the army cooperating so as to function as one team.  Because there are plenty of verses in the Bible indicating that God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit are Members of the Trinity, the logical conclusion that can be drawn is that the phrase God is One refers to the Members of the Trinity functioning as one Team.  

While God the Son is a Member of the Trinity, God the Son is also a human being because God the Son is the Lord Jesus Christ.  In that regard, the Lord Jesus Christ is 100% Deity and 100% humanity.  The Lord being 100% Deity and 100% humanity can be referred to using the term hypostatic union [high-PUH-stat-ick YOON-yuhn].  The English word hypostatic is derived from the Koine [KOI-nay] Greek word ὑπόστασις [pronounced hoo-PAH-stah-sees and transliterated as hypostasis].  In His humanity, the Lord Jesus Christ is the Mediator between the rest of humanity on one side and God the Father on the other side.  In that regard, the Lord Jesus Christ being judged on the cross for the sins of humanity made it possible for God the Father and sinners to have a relationship.  

Paul wrote this verse elliptically, omitting verbs.  In that regard, the above translation of this verse contains the phrase there is for the sake of clarity.  Regarding the phrase and one Mediator also in this verse, the word and and the word also are translations of the Koine Greek conjunction καὶ [pronounced KIGH and transliterated as kai].  That conjunction is an inflected form of the root word καί [pronounced KIGH and transliterated as kai].  The use of the word and and the word also to translate a single instance of the conjunction kai in this verse is for the sake of clarity.  

In the above translation of this verse, the word the is in italics because in the Koine Greek of this verse, there is an absence of a definite article in front of the noun translated as “Man.”  The absence of a definite article in front of a noun is known as an anarthrous construction [an-AR-thruhs kuhn-STRUHK-shuhn].  When there is an anarthrous construction, the quality of the noun is what is being emphasized in the grammar of the Koine Greek.  In that regard, the quality of the humanity of the Lord Jesus Christ is emphasized in this verse.  

Because English grammar involves emphasizing a noun by means other than omitting a definite article, the English definite article the has been included in the above translation.  In English, to emphasize a noun, the definite article before that noun is pronounced THEE regardless of whether the word after the definite article starts with a vowel sound or a consonant sound.  When a noun is not being emphasized in English, the definite article before that noun is pronounced THEE when the word after the definite article starts with a vowel sound and is pronounced THUH when the word after the definite article starts with a consonant sound.  

1 Timothy 2:6

Who gave Himself as a Ransom for all, the testimony at due times / proper times / own times.  

Note:  In 1 Timothy 2:6, the phrase gave Himself as a Ransom refers to the Lord Jesus Christ being judged on the cross for the sins of humanity.  In that regard, absent from this verse is anything indicating that anyone other than the Lord Jesus Christ is the ransom; therefore, the content of this verse indicates that people are unable to obtain salvation by means of their works.  If they could save themselves by means of their works, they themselves would be ransoms.  Also, this verse calls attention to the fact that the Lord Jesus Christ was judged for the sins of all of humanity.  His being judged for all is known as unlimited atonement.  Some people erroneously believe in limited atonement, which is the false notion that the Lord was judged only for those who believe in Him as the Savior.  

In this verse, the word testimony refers to the Lord Jesus Christʼs act of giving Himself as a Ransom for all.  Unspecified in this verse and the surrounding verses is about what the Lord Jesus Christʼs act of giving Himself as a Ransom for all is a testimony.  While unspecified in this verse and the surrounding verses is about what the Lord Jesus Christʼs act of giving Himself as a Ransom for all is a testimony, the Lord Jesus Christ being judged for the sins of humanity testifies to the grace of God the Father.  In that regard, God the Father graciously sent God the Son to become the Human the Lord Jesus Christ to be judged for the sins of all of humanity.  

The Koine Greek noun that is translated as “testimony” in this verse is μαρτύριον [pronounced mahr-TOO-ree-ahn and transliterated as martyrion].  That noun is an inflected form of the root word μαρτύριον [pronounced mahr-TOO-ree-ahn and transliterated as martyrion].  The Koine Greek noun martyrion is derived from the Koine Greek noun μάρτυς [pronounced MAHR-tooss and transliterated as martys].  The English word martyr is derived from the Greek noun martys.  

The Koine Greek noun that is translated as “times” in this verse is καιροῖς [pronounced kigh-ROIS and transliterated as kairois].  That noun is an inflected form of the root word καιρός [pronounced kigh-RAHS and transliterated as kairos].  The inflected form kairois is a plural form of kairos.  Also, because the case of the noun kairois is the dative case, the word at is in the above translation of this verse.  

The Koine Greek adjective that is translated as “due,” or “proper,” or “own” in this verse is ἰδίοις [pronounced ee-DEE-ois and transliterated as idiois].  That adjective is an inflected form of the root word ἴδιος [pronounced EE-dee-ahs and transliterated as idios].  The inflected form idiois is a plural form of idios.  In that regard, the plurality of the adjective idiois matches the plurality of the noun kairois. Also, the case of the adjective idiois matches the case of the noun kairois.  Regarding the foregoing, the usage of idiois in this verse refers to the testimony being at appropriate times.  

There is an absence of a pronoun between the noun martyrion and the phrase consisting of the noun kairois followed by the adjective idiois.  In that regard, there is an absence of any specifying of ownership of the times.  In other words, there is an absence of any specifying of who or what owns the times.  

Also, there is an absence of a definite article between the noun martyrion and the phrase consisting of the noun kairois followed by the adjective idiois.  As mentioned in the notes for 5, the absence of a definite article in front of a noun is known as an anarthrous construction.  When there is an anarthrous construction, the quality of the noun is what is being emphasized in the grammar of the Koine Greek.  In that regard, the quality of the timing is emphasized in this verse.  

Unspecified in this verse and the surrounding verses are what times that Paul references in this verse.  In In that regard, it is possible that Paul is indicating that once the Lord Jesus Christ was judged for the sins of humanity, the Lord Jesus Christʼs act of being judged for the sins of humanity is then a testimony during the time periods after the Lord Jesus Christ was judged for the sins of humanity.  Regarding the times of that testimony being appropriate, God the Father has perfect timing.  

1 Timothy 2:7

For this, I was appointed a royal herald / a preacher and an apostle—I am telling the truth; I am not lying—as a teacher of the Gentiles in doctrine and truth.

Note:  A royal herald is an announcer for a ruler.  Also, not only was Paul a teacher of Jewish believers, but he was also a teacher of Gentile believers.  Before becoming a believer in the Lord Jesus Christ, Paul—who was known as Saul of Tarsus before he became a believer—had been a Pharisee [FEHR-ih-see].  The Pharisees were a powerful group of Jewish people.  The Pharisees had been opposed to the Lord Jesus Christ during the First Advent, and they had been opposed to believers in the Lord Jesus Christ during the First Advent and then also after the First Advent.  Also, the Pharisees had a condescending attitude towards Gentiles who didnʼt convert to become practitioners of the false religious system of the Pharisees.  

While some people thought that the Pharisees were wise, the Pharisees actually thought in terms of human viewpoint.  The term human viewpoint refers to any viewpoint that deviates from the Word of God.  In contrast, the term divine viewpoint refers to the viewpoint of the Trinity.  All three Members of the Trinity have the same viewpoint.  Believers in the Lord Jesus Christ can learn divine viewpoint by learning the Word of God.  Therefore, divine viewpoint is the viewpoint that comes from a proper understanding of the Word of God.  With human-viewpoint thinking, a person has unrealistic expectations regarding life.  Such a person is divorced from reality.  

When a person becomes a believer in the Lord Jesus Christ, that person needs to learn the Word of God.  In that regard, at the moment of salvation, a believer still has garbage in his or her subconscious.  The garbage in the subconscious is the human viewpoint that has been metaphorically programmed into the thinking of a person.  After salvation, a believer can also accumulate garbage in the subconscious of that believer.  Because people express what they think, the saying “garbage in, garbage out” is applicable to an unbeliever, and it is also applicable to a believer to the extent that that believer has human viewpoint remaining in that believerʼs thinking.  That saying can also be abbreviated as GIGO [pronounced GIGH-goh or GEE-goh or GIH-goh].  

During time periods that involve information generated by computers, the expression “garbage in, garbage out” is applicable to information generated by those computers.  In that regard, the abbreviation AI, which is used to represent the term artificial intelligence, ironically refers to artificial idiocy when those computers output garbage.  The garbage output by computers referred to as AI can be referred to as AI slop.  The content of AI slop involves misrepresentations, including, for example, images that do not represent reality, video content that does not represent reality, audio content that does not represent reality, and wording that involves falsehoods.  The misrepresentations that are in AI slop can cause a personʼs thinking to be molded by human viewpoint that is in that AI slop.  

People can deliberately input false information into computer systems that some people categorize as AI, thereby manipulating those computer systems.  Such inputting of false information can be referred to as poisoning.  For example, one type of computer system that some people categorize as AI is known as a large language model (LLM), which is a computer program into which a large quantity of data is inputted and which can be interacted with by means of giving commands that involve human language and which outputs information in a form that mimics human language.  Because the data that goes into LLMs can come from content that is available on webpages, people can input false information into LLMs by putting false information on webpages that are used as data sources for those LLMs.  The putting of false information on webpages for the purpose of inputting false information into LLMs is known as LLM grooming.  The people who do LLM grooming can thereby try to mold peopleʼs thinking so as to influence them to think in terms of human viewpoint.  

Regarding garbage in the subconscious, not only did Pharisees have a condescending attitude towards Gentiles who didnʼt convert to become practitioners of the false religious system of the Pharisees, but also some Jewish believers in the Lord Jesus Christ had also had a condescending attitude towards Gentiles.  Paul, in helping his fellow Jewish believers have a proper mental attitude, called attention to the fact that Paul was a teacher to the Gentiles.  By calling attention to this fact, Paul gave Jewish believers opportunities to remove hidden areas of arrogance in their thinking.  A hidden area of arrogance can also be referred to as a hidden area of selfishness.  A hidden area of arrogance is human viewpoint that a person fails to notice in that personʼs thinking.  

In order for a believer in the Lord Jesus Christ to discover hidden areas of arrogance in that believerʼs thinking, that believer needs to learn the Word of God.  Also, learning the Word of God is the means by which a believer learns how to live properly.  In order to learn the Word of God, a believer must be in fellowship with the Trinity and thereby filled with the power of God the Holy Spirit while the believer is studying the Word of God.  In that regard, once a believer commits a sin after salvation, that believer is no longer filled with the power of God the Holy Spirit and is out of fellowship with the Trinity.  After that believer has confessed/acknowledged to God the Father all of that believerʼs known unconfessed post-salvation sins, fellowship with the Trinity and the filling with the power of the Holy Spirit are restored.  The procedure for confessing/acknowledging to God the Father all of oneʼs known unconfessed post-salvation sins is mentioned in 1 John 1:9:  “If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”  Fellowship with God the Father and God the Son is mentioned in 1 John 1.  Being out of fellowship with God the Holy Spirit is referenced in Ephesians 4:30.  In that regard, when a believer sins, that believer grieves the Holy Spirit.  Losing the filling of the power of God the Holy Spirit is referenced in 1 Thessalonians 5:19.  In that regard, when a believer sins, the power of God the Holy Spirit is quenched in that believer.  After a believer has confessed/acknowledged to God the Father all of that believerʼs known unconfessed post-salvation sins, that believer is then filled with the power of God the Holy Spirit again and in fellowship with the Trinity again.  

1 Timothy 2:8

Therefore, I want the men in every place to pray, lifting up holy hands, without anger and dissension—

Note:  In this verse, the reference to the lifting up of hands is a figure of speech that metaphorically refers to a gesture that involves showing respect for God the Father.  Absent from this verse and the surrounding verses is what was the exact form of the gesture that involved the lifting up of hands.  Furthermore, absent from this verse and the surrounding verses is whether a praying personʼs head would be pointed upward, downward, or in some other direction.  Sometimes, when someone is beseeching someone to do something, the person doing the beseeching might stretch out his or her hands toward the other person while looking at that other person.  If a person were beseeching God the Father, it is logical that the person doing the beseeching would stretch out his or her hands skyward and look in the same direction that his or her hands are outstretched.  In 1 Timothy 2:8, the figure of speech lifting up holy hands refers to praying while in fellowship with the Trinity.  As mentioned in the notes for verse 7, once a believer commits a sin after salvation, that believer is no longer filled with the power of God the Holy Spirit and is out of fellowship with the Trinity, and after that believer has confessed/acknowledged to God the Father all of that believerʼs known unconfessed post-salvation sins, fellowship with the Trinity and the filling with the power of the Holy Spirit are restored.  The procedure for confessing/acknowledging to God the Father all of oneʼs known unconfessed post-salvation sins is mentioned in 1 John 1:9:  “If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”  Fellowship with God the Father and God the Son is mentioned in 1 John 1.  Being out of fellowship with God the Holy Spirit is referenced in Ephesians 4:30.  In that regard, when a believer sins, that believer grieves the Holy Spirit.  Losing the filling of the power of God the Holy Spirit is referenced in 1 Thessalonians 5:19.  In that regard, when a believer sins, the power of God the Holy Spirit is quenched in that believer.  After a believer has confessed/acknowledged to God the Father all of that believerʼs known unconfessed post-salvation sins, that believer is then filled with the power of God the Holy Spirit again and in fellowship with the Trinity again.  

While the content of 1 Timothy 2:8 focuses on the need for male believers to be in fellowship with the Trinity while praying, female believers should also be in fellowship with the Trinity while praying.  Why were male believers mentioned in this verse while female believers were not mentioned in this verse?  In the various epistles that Paul wrote, Paul provided guidance regarding various forms of misbehavior in which various believers had been involved, and it is possible that some male believers who had been praying publicly had been involved in anger and dissension.  

The anger referenced in 1 Timothy 2:8 is sinful anger.  This is logically concluded from the context.  Regarding anger, there is also righteous indignation, which is different from sinful anger.  One must be careful to refrain from having an attitude of sinful anger when one is trying to have righteous indignation.  How can one determine the difference between righteous indignation and sinful anger?  This requires alertness with regard to oneʼs old sin nature (OSN).  Every human except the Lord Jesus Christ has acquired an old sin nature, and each humanʼs old sin nature is in the body of that human.  The old sin nature, which is referenced in Ephesians 4:22 with the term old man, can also be referred to as the sin nature.  It is also referenced using the word flesh in Ephesians 2:3 and Galatians 5:16.  The content of Romans 6:6 associates the sin nature with peopleʼs bodies, and the content of Romans 7:17–18 references the sin nature being in peopleʼs bodies.  Adam and Ishshah [ish-SHAW] (the name of Eve before Adam renamed her Eve) were created without old sin natures, and they acquired old sin natures when they sinned.  All other human beings have been conceived.  Only the Lord Jesus Christ was conceived without an old sin nature.  All the other humans that were conceived have been conceived with old sin natures.  Likewise, all humans in the future will be conceived, and the conceiving of each of them will involve each of them receiving an old sin nature at the moment that each of them will be conceived.  With regard to being alert, levels of alertness can be categorized in terms of a mindset color code that involves four colors.  The mindset color code describes states of awareness.  The mindset color code can be utilized for matters outside oneself; for example, the color code can be applied to both physical dangers and also to the dangers of stumbling blocks that can lead a Christian to sin.  Also, the color code can be utilized introspectively with regard to the temptations that can originate from oneʼs old sin nature.  Below are the conditions of alertness of the mindset color code and descriptions of them.  

If one is being selfish, then the anger is sinful anger.  One example of being selfish while being angry is when a person has pride about himself or herself while being angry.  If one is unable to determine whether one is being selfish while being angry, one can analyze whether one feels content or discontent.  Another way to determine whether one is being selfish while being angry is to analyze whether circumstances beyond oneʼs control are occurring and whether those circumstances are discipline from God the Son.  God the Father does the planning, and God the Son carries out the plans of God the Father.  If one is uncertain whether one is being selfish while being angry, then one should refrain from being angry about that particular matter about which one is angry.  Also, in such a case, one should confess/acknowledge to God the Father that anger in accordance with 1 John 1:9:  “If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”  While a believer might be uncertain about whether or not something that that believer thinks, says, or does is a sin, if that believer confesses/acknowledges to God the Father what that believer thought, said, or did, and if what that believer thought, said, or did was indeed a sin, God the Father will forgive that believer for what that believer confessed/acknowledged to God the Father, and God the Father will forgive that believer for all of those of the believerʼs unconfessed post-salvation sins that are unknown to that believer.  The phrase and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness in 1 John 1:9 references God the Father forgiving a believerʼs unconfessed post-salvation sins that are unknown to that believer when that believer confesses/acknowledges to God the Father all of that believerʼs known unconfessed post-salvation sins.  

1 Timothy 2:9

likewise, also the women to adorn / to put in order / to decorate themselves with well-arranged / orderly / seemly / modest / decorous clothing, with modesty and self-control, not with braided hair and gold or pearls or costly garments,

Note:  Regarding the part of 1 Timothy 2:9 after the phrase not with, at the time that Paul wrote this epistle, the content after that phrase involved examples of ostentatiousness.  In that regard, at the time that Paul wrote this epistle, braiding hair could take an amount of time such that only wealthy women would have the time available to do the braiding.  Regarding the reference to braided hair being followed by the word and and then the word gold, it is possible that Paul was referencing hair braided with gold ornamentation intertwined amongst the braids.  It is also possible that the reference to pearls refers to hair braided with pearl ornamentation intertwined amongst the braids.  Also, at the time that Paul wrote this epistle, only wealthy women could afford gold, pearls, or costly garments.  Again, these are examples of ostentatiousness at the time that Paul wrote this epistle.  There could have been additional ways by means of which women could be ostentatious.  When a woman is being ostentatious, she is trying to attract attention to herself at the expense of others.  In other words, she is trying to get other people to think of her as superior to others in some way or some ways.  By trying to attract attention to herself, she is trying to obtain glory for herself; therefore, such attempts to attract attention to herself can be referred to as engaging in self-glorification.  Also, the attempts to attract attention to herself are manifestations of her arrogant mental attitude.  That type of arrogant mental attitude is one in which a women seeks—either consciously or subconsciously—to be idolized.  

When a woman seeks to be idolized, that woman wants others to worship her just as people have worshiped false goddesses, many of which have been represented by idols.  In that regard, at the time that Paul wrote this epistle, Paul, Timothy, and other believers lived in the midst of the culture that can be described as Greco-Roman [GREK-oh-ROH-muhn] (also known as Graeco-Roman [GREK-oh-ROH-muhn]).  An aspect of Greco-Roman culture was paganism, which involved the worshiping of false gods.  Some of the false gods were female false gods; hence, the term false goddesses.  

The Greeks and the Romans had different names for some of the same false gods.  In that regard, the Greek name for one of the false goddesses worshiped by the Greeks was Athena [uh-THEE-nuh].  A similar false goddess worshiped by the Romans is named Minerva [mih-NUHR-vuh].  Regarding Athena, there is an ancient building that was built in dedication to Athena and is still standing in Athens, Greece.  That building, the Parthenon [PAHR-thuh-nahn], was used in the worship of the false goddess Athena.  In that regard, inside the Parthenon was a huge statue of Athena—in other words, a huge idol of Athena.  That idol of Athena was made of ivory and gold.  

The Greeks and Romans worshiped other false goddesses.  For example, the Greeks worshiped Aphrodite [af-ruh-DIGH-tee].  That false goddess is also known as Cytherea [sith-uh-REE-uh].  A similar false goddess worshiped by the Romans is named Venus [VEE-nuhs].  Another false goddess worshiped by the Greeks is named Artemis [AHR-tuh-miss].  A similar false goddess worshiped by the Romans is named Diana [digh-AN-uh].  

People in other cultures have also worshiped false goddesses.  For example, the Babylonians and Assyrians worshiped a false goddess named Ishtar [ISH-tahr].  This false goddess is similar to the Aphrodite/Cytherea worshiped by the Greeks and the Venus worshiped by the Romans.  A similar false goddess worshiped by the Phoenicians, Syrians, and Canaanites is named Astarte [uh-STAHR-tee].  That false goddess is also known by the names Ashtaroth [ASH-tah-rohth], Astaroth, Asharoth, Asherah, and Ashtoreth.  In some of the English translations of the Bible, the word Asherah is used to refer to an idol representing the false goddess named Ashtaroth, and the word Asherim is used to refer to multiple idols representing that false goddess.  

The foregoing is a sampling of names of false goddesses.  There are more false goddesses that have been worshiped in various cultures.  Some of those false goddesses also have similarities with the aforementioned false goddesses.  

Regarding false goddesses and the cultures of today, some people idolize actresses, female singers, female athletes, and other female celebrities.  Regarding Mary, the mother of the Lord Jesus Christʼs humanity, some of the people who refer to themselves as Christians treat Mary like an idol:  they venerate her—in other words, they idolize her.  Regarding Mary being the mother of the Lord Jesus Christʼs humanity, the Lord Jesus Christ is 100% Deity and 100% humanity.  As mentioned in the notes for verse 5, the term hypostatic union refers to the Lord Jesus Christ being 100% Deity and 100% humanity.  Regarding the Lord Jesus Christʼs Deity, He has always existed in the form of Deity; therefore, His Deity never had a mother.  Some of the people who refer to themselves as Christians believe that Mary is the mother of the Lord Jesus Christʼs Deity; therefore, those people deify Mary—in other words, those people treat Mary as though she is a goddess.  In that regard, the content of John 2:1–11, which covers the topic of the Lord Jesus Christ changing water into wine, references the Lord Jesus Christ referring to Mary with the word woman rather than any wording involving the Lord indicating Mary having a higher rank than the Lord.  Furthermore, Maryʼs response to the Lord involved Mary being subordinate to the authority of the Lord.  In addition, the Lordʼs use of the word woman involved an absence of any reference to a goddess or the queen of heaven.  In that regard, absent from the Bible is anything associating Mary with being a goddess, and absent from the Bible is anything associating Mary with being the queen of heaven.  Also, all of the Bible verses that reference the queen of heaven do that referencing with a negative connotation.  In that regard, the term queen of heaven is found in Jeremiah 7:18; Jeremiah 44:17; Jeremiah 44:18; Jeremiah 44:19; and Jeremiah 44:25.  Below is a link related to the term queen of heaven.  

https://www.BlueLetterBible.org/search/search.cfm?Criteria=%22queen+of+heaven%22&t=NASB95

Below is a link related to the term queen of the heavens, which is a more literal translation that is in the content of Youngʼs Literal Translation (YLT).  The Youngʼs Literal Translation, which is a very literal translation of the Bible, was produced in the late 1800s by the Scottish publisher Robert Young.  The tenses of the verbs in the YLT version are sometimes different than the tenses of the verbs in some other English translations.  In that regard, the YLT version is more literal, and some other translations involve more paraphrasing.  

https://www.BlueLetterBible.org/search/search.cfm?Criteria=%22queen+of+the+heavens%22&t=YLT

Regarding the matter of the queen of heaven, the idolization of Mary is similar to the idolization of Ishtar and the similar false goddesses.  In that regard, there has been a common thread in false-goddess worship, and that thread has continued for thousands of years and in various cultures.  That thread of false-goddess worship is one of many methods that Satan has used to deceive people throughout human history.  

Regarding people claiming to have had visions of Mary, fallen angels are con artists.  Fallen angels are also known as demons.  Like the human villains in Scooby-Doo cartoons, fallen angels pretend to be things other than what the fallen angels really are:  manipulative narcissists.  Ways in which fallen angels could be like human villains in Scooby-Doo cartoons include the fallen angels pretending to be ghosts, good spirits, gods, and extraterrestrial visitors other than what the fallen angels really are (including pretending to be ancient human astronauts or other human spacefarers).  Also, fallen angels pretend to be good angels, as per the content of 2 Corinthians 11:14–15.  In addition, fallen angels might have access to advanced technology that enables the fallen angels to produce realistic-looking images like holograms.  Also, fallen angels might have access to advanced technology that enables the fallen angels to cause people to have hallucinations.  Regardless of the means by which fallen angels can do deceptions, it is possible that fallen angels can make people believe that they are seeing Mary.  In that regard, it is worthwhile for a believer to apply the content of Acts 17:10–12 with regard to the matter of people claiming to have seen a vision of Mary.  The content of Acts 17:10–12 covers the Bereans using the Word of God to examine what was being communicated.  Below is content related to Acts 17:10–12.  

Acts 17:10–12

The brethren immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Berea, who, when they arrived, went into the synagogue of the Jews.  Now these were more noble-minded than those in Thessalonica, who received the word with all eagerness / readiness of mind, examining the Scriptures daily to see whether these things were so.  Therefore, many of them believed, and not a few prominent Greek women and men.

Note:  The phrase not a few means “quite a few.”  

Regarding the content of 1 Timothy 2:9, a woman believer who is trying to attract attention to herself is trying to put herself on a par with the false goddesses worshiped by various groups of people at various times in human history.  Wanting to be likened to those false goddesses is shameful.  It is far better to have an unselfish attitude than to have delusions of grandeur.  Regarding having an unselfish attitude, the part of 1 Timothy 2:9 before the phrase not with involves that topic.  

Regarding the part of 1 Timothy 2:9 before the phrase not with, absent from this verse and the surrounding verses is anything indicating that a female believer should have a disheveled appearance.  Instead, this verse indicates what kind of appearance female believers should have.  The point of this verse is that women who are believers should refrain from having a disheveled appearance, refrain from having an immodest appearance, and refrain from having an ostentatious appearance.  By way of application, men and children who are believers should also refrain from having a disheveled appearance, refrain from having an immodest appearance, and refrain from having an ostentatious appearance.  Refraining from having such forms of appearance requires self-control.  In order to have self-control, a believer in the Lord Jesus Christ needs to be filled with the power of God the Holy Spirit.  As mentioned in the notes for verse 7, once a believer commits a sin after salvation, that believer is no longer filled with the power of God the Holy Spirit and is out of fellowship with the Trinity, and after that believer has confessed/acknowledged to God the Father all of that believerʼs known unconfessed post-salvation sins, fellowship with the Trinity and the filling with the power of the Holy Spirit are restored.  The procedure for confessing/acknowledging to God the Father all of oneʼs known unconfessed post-salvation sins is mentioned in 1 John 1:9:  “If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”  Fellowship with God the Father and God the Son is mentioned in 1 John 1.  Being out of fellowship with God the Holy Spirit is referenced in Ephesians 4:30.  In that regard, when a believer sins, that believer grieves the Holy Spirit.  Losing the filling of the power of God the Holy Spirit is referenced in 1 Thessalonians 5:19.  In that regard, when a believer sins, the power of God the Holy Spirit is quenched in that believer.  After a believer has confessed/acknowledged to God the Father all of that believerʼs known unconfessed post-salvation sins, that believer is then filled with the power of God the Holy Spirit again and in fellowship with the Trinity again.  

1 Timothy 2:10

but rather by means of good production / acts / deeds / doings / labors / works / whatever with which she is occupied / whatever she undertakes to do / things done, as is proper for women making a claim to godliness.

Note:  In 1 Timothy 2:10, the Koine [KOI-nay] Greek word that is translated as “production / acts / deeds / doings / labors / works / whatever with which she is occupied / whatever she undertakes to do / things done” is ἔργων [pronounced EHR-gohn and transliterated as ergōn].  That word is an inflected form of the root word ἔργον [pronounced EHR-gahn and transliterated as ergon].  In the context of 1 Timothy 2:10, ergon refers to whatever the female believer does.  

As mentioned in the notes for verse 2, the noun godliness refers to respect and dutifulness owed to God the Father.  The Koine Greek word from which the English word godliness is translated in 1 Timothy 2:10 is θεοσέβειαν [pronounced theh-ah-SEH-bay-ahn and transliterated as theosebeian].  That word is an inflected form of the root word θεοσέβεια [pronounced theh-ah-SEH-bay-ah and transliterated as theosebeia].  

1 Timothy 2:11

A woman must quietly receive instruction with entire submissiveness, 

Note:  The context of 1 Timothy 2:11 involves the teaching of the Word of God.  One should refrain from applying that verse to contexts other than the teaching of the Word of God.  

1 Timothy 2:12

but I do not allow a woman to teach or exercise authority over a man, but to remain quiet, 

Note:  As with the content of verse 11, the context of 1 Timothy 2:12 involves the teaching of the Word of God.  One should refrain from applying that verse to contexts other than the teaching of the Word of God.  

1 Timothy 2:13

for it was Adam who was first formed, then Eve, 

1 Timothy 2:14

and it was not Adam who was deceived, but the woman, being deceived, has come into transgression.

1 Timothy 2:15

However, she will be preserved through childbearing if they continue in doctrine and benevolence/goodwill and sanctity with self-control.

Note:  Regarding the aforementioned requirements involving the teaching of the Word of God and regarding the reference to women doing childbearing, absent from the Bible is anything indicating that a believer who has a function that attracts attention will receive more blessings than a believer who lacks a function that attracts attention.  In that regard, God the Fatherʼs plan involves the blessing of humble, non-attention-getting, helping-others, servant-minded believers in the Lord Jesus Christ.  Such believers, while frequently unnoticed by much of the other people in the world, can be noticed by the angels, and such believers are certainly noticed by the Trinity.  Worth noticing about such believers is their contrast with the characteristics of Satan, who is arrogant, seeks approbation, cares nothing about others, and is self-serving.  It is possible that the blessing that unselfish believers will experience will occur only after they go to Heaven rather than before they go to Heaven.  

Paul sometimes uses plays on words.  In that regard, Paul uses the singular pronoun she near the beginning of this verse and the plural pronoun they later in this verse.  With that wording in this verse, Paul links the first woman to women in general, and that link involves the curse of suffering during childbearing.  Unspecified in this verse and the surrounding verses is what Paul meant by that reference.  In that regard, absent from this verse and the surrounding verses is anything related to eternal life; therefore, the use of the verb preserved in reference to physical life fits the context better.  

The reference to childbearing in this verse calls attention to the content of Genesis 3:16.  The content of that verse indicates that part of Eveʼs punishment involves pain in childbirth.  In that regard, other women experiencing pain in childbirth is a reminder of the Fall.  Also, the content of Genesis 3:16 indicates that Adam would rule over Eve.  Similarly, the content of the verses that precede 1 Timothy 2:15 indicates that a woman is supposed to quietly and submissively receive the teaching of the Word of God instead of trying to be a teacher of the Word of God to men.  In that regard, if a woman who is a believer functions in the support role that God the Father planned for women rather than trying to glorify herself by trying to function as a pastor-teacher, then that woman who is a believer will be preserved.  Because absent from this verse and the surrounding verses is anything related to eternal life, it is logical to conclude that the preserving referenced in this verse involves preserving from the sin unto death.  

The sin unto death involves an early physical death.  For a believer who physically dies after the Day of Pentecost [PEN-tih-kahst], that early physical death involves an early departure to Heaven.  The Day of Pentecost was the beginning of the Church Age.  The word Pentecost is derived from the Koine Greek word πεντηκοστή [pronounced pen-tay-kah-STAY and transliterated as pentēkostē].  That word is derived from the Koine Greek word πεντήκοντα [pronounced pen-TAY-kahn-tah and transliterated as pentēkonta], which means “fifty.”  Therefore, the word Pentecost is derived from the fact that that day occurred fifty days after the Lord was resurrected.  In that regard, the Church Age began fifty days after the Lord was resurrected.  The Church Age will end with the Rapture.  The Rapture involves both deceased and living believers in the Lord Jesus Christ meeting the Lord in the clouds in the atmosphere of the earth, receiving glorified immortal resurrection bodies similar to the Lord Jesus Christʼs glorified resurrection body, and going to Heaven with those resurrection bodies.  Before the Rapture occurs, deceased believers in the Lord Jesus Christ are in Heaven without glorified bodies.  Absent from the Bible is anything specifically indicating the precise date and time when the Rapture will occur, although it is possible that the Rapture will occur during the time when the Feast of Trumpets / Yom Teruah [yahm tuh-ROO-uh or yohm tuh-ROO-uh] would occur—which is referenced as a single day in Leviticus 23:24–25 and Numbers 29:1–6 and which is what some people call Rosh Hashanah and which some people celebrate for two days—the next occurrence of which will possibly be during August, September, or October of 2027.  The departure to Heaven of a believer who experiences the sin unto death is an early departure in the sense that it occurs at an earlier time than it would have occurred if the believer had regularly remained in fellowship with the Trinity.  The topic of the sin unto death is covered in 1 John 5:16.  Rather than the content of 1 John 5:16 referring to some particular sin that is categorized as the sin unto death, the content of 1 John 5:16 refers to sinning in general that results in a believerʼs physical death occurring earlier than it would have had that believer regularly remained in fellowship with the Trinity.  

If a believer refrains from confessing/acknowledging to God the Father all of that believerʼs known unconfessed post-salvation sins, then that believer will remain out of fellowship with the Trinity.  A believer who remains out of fellowship eventually becomes a reversionist.  Such a believer reverts back to acting like unbelievers.  Being a reversionistic believer is known as being involved in reversionism.  Ultimately, if a believer continues to refrain from confessing/acknowledging to God the Father all of that believerʼs known unconfessed post-salvation sins, that believer will experience the sin unto death.  

Regarding the word sanctity in 1 Timothy 2:15, that word refers to what can be called experiential sanctification.  In that regard, the term sanctify means “set apart to God for a special purpose.”  A believer in the Lord Jesus Christ is experientially sanctified by being unselfish as frequently as possible.  In order to be unselfish, a believer must obey the Word of God.  In order to obey the Word of God, a believer must learn the Word of God while in fellowship with the Trinity and thereby filled with the power of God the Holy Spirit and then apply the Word of God while in fellowship with the Trinity and thereby filled with the power of God the Holy Spirit.  As mentioned in the notes for verse 7, once a believer commits a sin after salvation, that believer is no longer filled with the power of God the Holy Spirit and is out of fellowship with the Trinity, and after that believer has confessed/acknowledged to God the Father all of that believerʼs known unconfessed post-salvation sins, fellowship with the Trinity and the filling with the power of the Holy Spirit are restored.  The procedure for confessing/acknowledging to God the Father all of oneʼs known unconfessed post-salvation sins is mentioned in 1 John 1:9:  “If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”  Fellowship with God the Father and God the Son is mentioned in 1 John 1.  Being out of fellowship with God the Holy Spirit is referenced in Ephesians 4:30.  In that regard, when a believer sins, that believer grieves the Holy Spirit.  Losing the filling of the power of God the Holy Spirit is referenced in 1 Thessalonians 5:19.  In that regard, when a believer sins, the power of God the Holy Spirit is quenched in that believer.  After a believer has confessed/acknowledged to God the Father all of that believerʼs known unconfessed post-salvation sins, that believer is then filled with the power of God the Holy Spirit again and in fellowship with the Trinity again.  

Sincerely,

John