1 I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men;



Ver. 1. Supplications] Or, deprecations indited by that Spirit of supplication, or of deprecation, as some render it, Zec_11:10.



Prayers] Strictly taken for petitions or requests of good at God’s hands, which go commonly accompanied with vows of better obedience, as Gen_28:21-22 Psa_51:14. Hence they have their name, ðñïóåõ÷áé .



Intercessions] Interparlings with God, either for ourselves (while we stand upon interrogatories with him, 1Pe_3:21, as Paul doth, Rom_8:33-35, and expostulate as David often, but especially when Satan, sin, and conscience accuse us), or for others, while we complain to God against such as wrong them, and withal set ourselves seriously to implore his aid for their relief and rescue, åíôåõîåéò, åðåñùôçìá .



For all men] i.e. For all sorts of men, as the word "all" is used Luk_11:42.