1 Timothy 2:3

For this is good and acceptable We should omit For; for the apparent abruptness compare Philippians 4:5, The Lord is at hand," 2 Timothy 4:18 (right reading), -The Lord will deliver me." The connexion by -this" or -these" occurs in every chapter of this epistle; cf. 1 Timothy 1:18; 1 Timothy 3:14; 1 Timothy 4:11; 1 Timothy 4:15; 1 Timothy 5:7; 1 Timothy 6:2. It is especially characteristic of St John. Cf. John 1:30; John 6:50; John 6:58; 1 John 2:22; 1 John 4:6; 1 John 5:6; 1 John 5:20.

good and acceptable Are taken best together with -in the sight of." Cf. a similar coupling and similar added clause in 1 Timothy 4:4.

God our Saviour Rather, our Saviour God, or -our saving God." The first of four places where this order is observed, Titus 1:3; Titus 2:10; Titus 3:4; here there is an obvious emphasis, as the thought of the next verse comes into view.