en_tn_condensed/1ti/02/intro.md

# 1 Timothy 02 General Notes #

#### Special concepts in this chapter ####

##### Peace #####
Paul encourages Christians to pray for everyone. They should pray for rulers so that Christians can live peacefully, in a godly and dignified way.

##### Women in the church #####

Scholars are divided over how to understand this passage in its historical and cultural context. Some scholars believe men and women are perfectly equal in all things. Other scholars believe God created men and women to serve in distinctly different roles in marriage and the church. Translators should be careful not to let how they understand this issue affect how they translate this passage. 

#### Other possible translation difficulties in this chapter ####

##### "Prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings" #####
These terms overlap each other in what they mean. It is not necessary to view them as distinct categories. 

## Links: ##

* __[1 Timothy 02:01 Notes](./01.md)__

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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# 1 Timothy 02 General Notes #`

			`#### Special concepts in this chapter ####`

			`##### Peace #####`
Changes from Trainer 2018-01-12 18:34:04 +00:00			`Paul encourages Christians to pray for everyone. They should pray for rulers so that Christians can live peacefully, in a godly and dignified way.`
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00
			`##### Women in the church #####`
Changed note on "women in church" to match Titus 2018-02-06 16:49:43 +00:00
			`Scholars are divided over how to understand this passage in its historical and cultural context. Some scholars believe men and women are perfectly equal in all things. Other scholars believe God created men and women to serve in distinctly different roles in marriage and the church. Translators should be careful not to let how they understand this issue affect how they translate this passage.`
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00
			`#### Other possible translation difficulties in this chapter ####`

			`##### "Prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings" #####`
Changes from Trainer 2018-01-12 18:34:04 +00:00			`These terms overlap each other in what they mean. It is not necessary to view them as distinct categories.`
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00
			`## Links: ##`

			`* __[1 Timothy 02:01 Notes](./01.md)__`
Moves navigation of into out of bullet list 2017-07-24 15:51:42 +00:00
			`__[<<](../01/intro.md) \| [>>](../03/intro.md)__`